History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.181

v7.c95.181

²⁵⁰⁵ यथाभवदनुदेयी ततो अग्रमजायत । पुरस्ताद् बुध्न आततः पश्चाच्चिरयणं कृतम् ॥ ऋ. X. 135 6 The word अनुदेयी occurs only thrice in the Ṛg viz in this hymn twice (in verses 5 and 6) and once in Ṛg. X. 85 6 where it is in the feminine gender, means a friend of the newly married bride who goes along with her to the bridegroom's house to keep her company' ('रैभ्यासीदनुदेयी). अनुदेयी literally means 'what is given after the principal gift'. Even in these days when a substantial gift is made to a brāhmaṇa, another small gift is added to it. The word निरयणं occurs only here in the whole of the Ṛgveda. अग्र and बुध्न are contrasted as top and bottom in Ṛg. X. 111. 8 'क स्विदग्रं क स्विद बुध्न आसां'