[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.s20.285 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.285 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.285 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.285) Napāt in Vedic literature apparently has both the wider sense of ‘descendant,’¹ and the narrower one of ‘grandson’ in the Saṃhitās.² In the Brāhmaṇas the word seems hardly to have the sense of ‘descendant’ at all, while it denotes not only ‘grandson,’³ but also ‘great-grandson’ in the sequence ‘sons, grandsons, great-grandsons’ (\*putrān, pautrān, naptṛn\*).⁴ ‘Grandson’ is also expressed by Pautra (‘son’s son’) in the Atharvaveda and later,⁵ while the sense of ‘great-grandson’ is accurately conveyed as early as the Rigveda⁶ by Pra-napāt, used beside Napāt, ‘grandson.’ Naptī, the feminine, is practically limited to the Saṃhitās,⁷ and denotes ‘daughter.’ The use in the Veda throws no light on the original use of the word.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.284) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.286) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.285) · Pramāṇa