Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.335

v2.c4.335

⁴ *Siṃhyam* in the text. Hopkins, *Journal of the American Oriental Society*, 15, 264, takes it as masculine, and as a play on *śimyum*, the name of one of the kings or peoples defeated in the battle of the ten kings. But, admitting the play, *siṃhī* as fem. seems to be still more pointed than *siṃha*, contrasting with the masculine *petva*.