[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.s19.84 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.84 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.84 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.84) (a) The exposure of girl infants is asserted by Zimmer³² on the strength of a passage in the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,³³ but it seems clear that the passage has been misunderstood,³⁴ and that it refers merely to laying the child aside, not exposing it, while a boy was lifted up. It is, however, true that the birth of a girl was not at all popular, not an unnatural sentiment in an early society, and paralleled among other Āryan peoples.³⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.83) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.85) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.84) · Pramāṇa