[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.s16.246 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.246 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.246 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.246) (abhrātara iva jāmayaḥ) are referred to. The word is similarly used in the dispute occurring in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa³ as to the precedence of Rākā, or of the wives of the gods, in a certain rite. One party is there described as holding that the sister should be preferred (jāmyai vai pūrva-peyam)—apparently at a ceremonial family meal—to the wife, presumably as being of one blood with the husband, while the wife is not (being anyodaryā, ‘of another womb’).⁴ In the neuter⁵ the word means ‘relationship,’ like jāmi-tva, which also occurs in the Rigveda.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.245) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.247) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.246) · Pramāṇa