[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.s16.277 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.277 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.277 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.277) Jāra, ‘lover,’ has no sinister sense in the early texts¹ generally, where the word applies to any lover. But it seems probable that the Jāra at the Puruṣamedha, or human sacrifice,² must be regarded as an illegitimate lover; this sense also appears in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,³ and Indra is styled the lover of Ahalyā, wife of Gautama.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.276) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.278) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (4) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.4.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.6.4.11) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.30.9) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.66.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.277) · Pramāṇa