Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.214

v2.c4.214

Pūr-pati, ‘lord of the fort,’ occurring only once in the Rigveda,¹ is of somewhat doubtful interpretation. The term may denote a regular office,² similar to that of the Grāmaṇī: the Pur would then be a permanently occupied settlement. The expression may, however, merely mean the chief over a fort when it was actually occupied against hostile attack. The rarity of the word seems to favour the latter sense.