Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.84
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.84
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v1.c3.s16.84
⁷ The distinction of sense was probably this: *jani* meant ‘wife,’ as bearing children (from *jan*, ‘beget’), while *patnī* was ‘wife,’ as being ‘mistress’ of the house (feminine of *pati*, ‘lord,’ ‘husband’).