Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.336

v1.c3.s21.336

Patti is used in the Atharvaveda (vii. 62, 1) to designate the ‘foot soldier’ in war as opposed to the Rathin, ‘ charioteer,’ the latter defeating (ji) the former. One of the epithets of Rudra in the Śatarudriya liturgy of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā (xvi. 19) is ‘lord of footmen’ (pattinām pati).