Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1145

v2.c4.s4.1145

Yoṣan, Yoṣaṇā, Yoṣā, Yoṣit, all denote ‘young woman,’ ‘maiden,’ as an object of affection, and as meet for wedlock.¹ So these terms are often opposed in the Brāhmaṇas to Vṛṣan, ‘male,’ in the general sense of ‘female,’² but they also occur in the sense of ‘wife,’³ or ‘daughter,’⁴ or merely ‘girl.’⁵ See Strī.