[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.s16.260 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.260 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.260 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.260) Jāyā regularly denotes ‘wife,’ and, as opposed to Patnī, wife as an object of marital affection, the source of the continuance of the race.¹ So it is used of the wife of the gambler, and of the wife of the Brāhmaṇa in the Rigveda;² it is also frequently combined with Pati, ‘husband,’³ both there and in the later literature.⁴ Patnī, on the other hand, is used to denote the wife as partner in the sacrifice;⁵ when no share in it is assigned to her, she is called Jāyā.⁶ The distinction is, of course, merely relative; hence one text⁷ calls Manu’s wife Jāyā, another⁸ Patnī. Later on Jāyā is superseded by Dāra. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.259) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.261) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.260) · Pramāṇa