[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) › v2.c4.s3.137 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.137 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.137 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.137) Bhāryā, later a common expression for ‘wife,’ does not occur in that sense at all in the Saṃhitās. It first appears, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,¹ where, however, Delbrück² suggests that merely a member of the household (‘who is to be maintained’) may be meant. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,³ however, the two wives of Yājñavalkya are so designated. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.136) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.138) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.137) · Pramāṇa