[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.s21.268 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.268 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.268 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.268) ⁸⁶ Rv. i. 109, 2, refers to the gods Indra and Agni as more generous than a \*vijāmātṛ\*, ‘son-in-law,’ or a \*syāla\*, ‘brother-in-law.’ The force of \*vi\* in the former word must be unfavourable, and the sense, as indicated by Pischel, is, no doubt, that a son-in-law who was not in other respects altogether suitable might have to buy his bride at a heavy cost. The \*vijāmātṛ\* is, in fact, the \*aśvīro jāmātā\*, the ‘ignoble son-in-law,’ of Rv. viii. 2, 20. \*Cf.\* Yāska, Nirukta, vi. 9; Bloomfield, \*Journal of the American Oriental Society\*, 15, 255. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.267) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.269) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (2) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.9) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.109.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.268) · Pramāṇa