[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.s9.1176 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1176 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1176 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1175) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1177) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1176) · Pramāṇa