[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.s20.336 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.336 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.336 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.336) Nah has been taken by Roth¹ and Grassmann² to be the stem, meaning ‘bond,’ of the dative form nadbhyas, which occurs once in the Rigveda,³ and which Sieg⁴ thinks means ‘sister’s sons.’ But the sense of this dative is probably rather ‘to the grandsons.’⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.335](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.335) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.337](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.337) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.336) · Pramāṇa