कालकाञ्ज (kAlakAJja)
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EnglishKāla-kāñja. — In the Atharvaveda^1 mention is made of the
Kālakāñjas as being in the sky. Both Roth^2 and Zimmer^3
hold that some constellation is meant. But as the defeat of
the Kālakāñjas is one of Indra's exploits, ^4 it is doubtful whether
any stress can be laid on that interpretation of the passage in
the Atharvaveda. Whitney^5 suggests that the three stars of
Orion are meant, Bloomfield^6 that the galaxy or the stars in
general are intended.
1) vi. 80, 2.
2) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
3) Altindisches Leben, 353.
4) Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, viii. 1, Cf. also
Maitrāyanī Saṃhitā, i. 6, 9
Taittirīya
Brāhmaṇa, i. 1, 2, 4-6
Kauṣītaki
Upaniṣad, iii, 1.
5) Translation of the Atharvaveda, 341.
6) Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 500
Journal of the American Oriental Society,
15, 163-169.
Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 410,
414 et seq.
3, 465
Oertel, Journal
of the American Oriental Society, 19,
121.
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