[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.s18.630 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.630 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.630 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.630) Devṛ is a rare word denoting the wife’s ‘brother-in-law’ (that is, the husband’s brother). He is included with the sisters of the husband among those over whom the wife of the husband—his elder brother—rules;¹ at the same time the wife is to be devoted to him,² and friendly to him.³ After the death of the husband the Devṛ could perform the duty of begetting a son for him.⁴ No word occurs for the wife’s brother corresponding to Devṛ. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.629](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.629) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.631) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.85.46) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.14.2.18) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.630) · Pramāṇa