[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.s16.84 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.84 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.84 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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’). - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.83) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.85) - [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.s16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.84) · Pramāṇa