Vedic Mythology c8.s3.4

c8.s3.4

The time of the Rakṣases is the evening or night (7, 104¹⁸).⁵ In the east they have no power, because they are dispersed by the rising sun (TS. 2, 6, 6³). A falling meteor is regarded as an embodiment of a Rakṣas (KS. 126⁹). It is especially the dark time of new moon that belongs to evil spirits, as to the souls of the dead (AV. 1, 16¹; 4, 36³).