Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.506

v1.c3.506

**Amā-jur** is an epithet¹ denoting maidens ‘who grow old at home’ without finding husbands, or, as they are elsewhere called, ‘who sit with their father’ (*pitṛ-ṣad*). A well-known example of such was Ghoṣā.²