[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.s9.271 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.271 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.271 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.271) ¹³ Rv. iv. 58, 8, where, as in vi. 75, 4; x. 168, 2, Roth sees the sense of ‘embrace.’ The parallel with the festivals of Greece, where only young girls were able freely to mix with strangers, and which afforded the basis of so many of the comedies of the later school, is striking (\*cf.\* Mahaffy, \*Greek Literature\*, I, 2, 259 et seq.). Cf. Geldner, \*Rigveda, Glossar\*, 190. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.270) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.272) - [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.s9.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.271) · Pramāṇa