Lexicon

of Rig Veda

tiroahnya, all day

tiras through, across, beyond; ahnya – daily course (of the sun). In 3.28.3 and 3.28.6 Sri Aurobindo interprets the phrase as “disappearance of day”. In this rik Sayana, Wilson, Dutt, Griffit, Kashyap: yesterday expressed; T. Elizarenkova: (fermenting) the second day; Oldenberg: which has been kept over night; Jamison: aged overnight; Sarasvati: fresh as if born yesterday; Ganguli: the increaser of light.