Ghoṣā

Ghoṣā was a king's daughter who grew old in her father's house, without kin of her own and without a husband. She called on the twin gods, the Aśvins, the healers, to stand by her day and night, and the Ṛgveda, the Veda of sacred hymns, remembers that they gave her a husband. Two of its hymns to the Aśvins are hers, and in one of them she names herself.

Contents

  1. Growing Old in Her Father's House
  2. Her Plea
  3. The Husband the Aśvins Gave

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