[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.s21.944 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.944 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.944 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.944](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.944) There can be no doubt that in a family the father took precedence of the mother.³² Delbrück³³ explains away the apparent cases to the contrary.³⁴ There is no trace of the family as a land-owning corporation.³⁵ The dual form Pitarau regularly means ‘father and mother,’ ‘parents.’³⁶ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.943) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.945](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.945) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.944](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.944) · Pramāṇa