Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.87
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.87
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v1.c3.s16.87
Janitṛ¹ and Janitrī² are frequent words, in the Rigveda and later, for ‘father’ and ‘mother’ regarded as the ‘begetter’ and the ‘bearer’ respectively of the child. See Pitṛ, Mātṛ.