[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.s4.1145 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1145 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1145 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.1145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.1144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1144) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.1146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1146) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1145) · Pramāṇa