महानग्नी (mahAnagnI)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishMahā-nagnī in the Atharvaveda^1 denotes a ‘courtesan.’ The
masculine, Mahā-nagna, ^2 ‘paramour, ’ is probably secondarily.
derived from the feminine Mahānagnī.^3
1) xiv. 1, 36
xx. 136, 5 et seq.
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, i. 27, 1.
2) Av. xx. 136, 11
Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta
Sūtra, xii. 24, 14. Cf. Whitney, Trans-
lation of the Atharvaveda, 747
Geldner,
Vedische Studien, 1, 280, n. 1.
3) As sa-patna, ‘rival, ’ is unmistakably
formed from sa-patnī, ‘co-wife.’
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