Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.72

v1.c3.s18.72

Dam-pati denotes ‘the master of the house’¹ in the Rigveda,² but is more often used in the dual to designate ‘the master and the mistress,’³ an expression that may legitimately be deemed to show the high status of women at the time of the Rigveda. See Strī.