[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.506 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.506 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.506 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.506](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.505) - [Next: v1.c3.507](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.507) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.506](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.506) · Pramāṇa