शशयु (zazayu)
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Spoken Sanskrit
English शशयु zazayu pursuing hares
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Vedic Reference
EnglishŚaśayu, ‘pursuing the hare, ’ is the epithet of some animal
(Mṛga) in the Atharvaveda.^1 Zimmer^2 thinks the tiger is
meant, but this is not likely. Roth^3 considers that a bird of
prey is intended, while Whitney, ^4 following the commentator,
renders the word by ‘lurking.’
1) iv. 3, 6.
2) Altindisches Leben, 79, 84.
3) In Whitney, Translation of the
Atharvaveda, 149.
4) Loc. cit.
Cf. Bloomfield, Hymns of the Athar-
vaveda, 368.
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