[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.s17.192 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.192 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.192 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.192) 1. Tānva in an obscure passage of the Rigveda¹ seems to mean a ‘legitimate son,’ who is said not to leave the heritage (riktha) of his father to his sister (jāmi). The exact meaning is probably unascertainable,² but the passage may convey a statement of what was no doubt the fact, that the daughter had no share in the paternal inheritance; her brother had to provide for her during her life if she remained unmarried, but she had no independent portion.³ (See Dāya.) - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.191) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.193) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.192) · Pramāṇa