[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.s9.188 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.188 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.188 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.187) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.189) - [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.s9.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.188) · Pramāṇa