Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

The usage of the word in the numerous quotations in Rgveda does not give it the significance of the word zi4if ( Yamau ) except in the quotation 7rcri m;rp-r. [...] I I ( Friend of the house Agni lay within the lap of order in the jami rivers' service ). In all the above quotations jami is an adjective of the word svasr. [...] She is not only the vadhl.1 of the clan but is the mail of the many varas who came to take her away and is the wife of the jgestha vara. [...] When the bride is brought home she is taken to the elders of the bridegroom and there the parents and uncles and aunts of the groom view the bride and bless her. [...] 7.55.5 ( Let the mother sleep let the father sleep let the dog sleep let the master of the clan ( head of the clan ) sleep let all the clanpeople sleep).