Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1176

v2.c4.s9.1176

Snuṣā denotes the ‘daughter-in-law’ in relation primarily to her father-in-law, but also to her mother-in-law. In the latter sense the word appears in the Rigveda¹ in the epithet su-snuṣā, ‘having a good daughter-in-law,’ used of Vṛṣākapāyī, while in the former it occurs in several passages, where the daughter-in-law’s respect for her father-in-law is mentioned,² a respect which spirituous liquor alone causes to be violated.³ See also Śvaśura and Pati.