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The Eclipse That Atri Saw: RV 5.40 and the Limits of Dating the Veda by the Sky
Five verses in the Atri family book describe the sun pierced with darkness and rescued by a sage. They are the Rigveda's one plausible eclipse, and they have been asked to carry a dating burden the text cannot bear.