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

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

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### [v1.c3.s21.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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).

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.16.19) — Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.7.62.1) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit

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