Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit compound punar + vasu.
Punar contributes repetition or return. The dictionary glosses the compound in terms of restoring goods, with vasu carrying the wealth or goods sense.
Monier-Williams (1899): punar / punarvasu — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗
How we know · epistemology
Lexical attestation, ritual tradition and a stated coordinate convention
The compound is lexically attested and the hymn supplies the deity identity. A quiver is documented as a modern teaching emblem. These records justify attribution of the name and symbols, but do not promise that losses will be reversed.
Monier-Williams (1899): punar / punarvasu — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Taittiriya Nakshatra Sukta — Sanskrit text, Rajagopal Iyer transcription ↗Minakshi Srivastava, Jyotish Global: Basics of Nakshatra, slide 34 ↗
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