Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.188
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.188
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v2.c4.s9.188
Sa-patna, ‘rival,’ is a common word in the later Saṃhitās,¹ being also found in the tenth Maṇḍala of the Rigveda.² It is a curious masculine formed by analogy from Sa-patnī, ‘co-wife,’ and so ‘female rival.’