[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.s4.248 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.248 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.248 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.248) Mamatā is, according to Sāyaṇa, in one passage of the Rigveda,¹ the wife of Ucathya and the mother of Dīrghatamas. But the word may be merely an abstract noun meaning ‘self-interest,’ a sense which it often has in the later language. Oldenberg² finds a mention of Mamata (masc.) in a verse of the Rigveda³ as the name of a Bharadvāja. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.247) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.249) - [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.s4.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.248) · Pramāṇa