Mantra 91

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दिवा पृष्ठेन

IAST Transliteration

divā́ pṛṣṭhéna

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By day, with (its) back (as support/cover).

Word by Word

• दिवा: by day; in the daytime
• दिवा: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘day, heaven’)

• पृष्ठेन: with/by the back; by means of the back (surface)
• पृष्ठेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above)

Devata: Auspicious Day/Order (implicit); protective orientation

Chandas: Prose fragment (elliptical)

Mantra Rasa

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