Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1447
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1447
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v2.c4.s7.1447
Vrāta-pati, ‘lord of troops,’ is an epithet included in the names of Rudra in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās,¹ along with the epithet Gaṇa-pati, ‘lord of groups.’ The exact sense is quite uncertain, but the term may allude to the chief of a band of robbers, as Zimmer² thinks.