[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.s20.473 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.473 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.473 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.473) Nārī, ‘woman,’ occurs in the Rigveda¹ and later.² The word seems in the Rigveda³ to have a distinct reference to a woman as a wife, because it occurs in several passages with distinct reference to matrimonial relations,³ and in the later Vedic literature, where it is not common, it sometimes⁴ has that sense. Delbrück,⁵ however, thinks that it does not indicate marital relations, but merely the woman as the sexual complement of the man. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.472](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.472) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.474) - [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.s20.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.473) · Pramāṇa