viś—páti m. the chief of a settlement or tribe, lord of the house or of the people (also applied to Agni and Indra; du. ‘master and mistress of the house’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]
pl. ‘kings’ or ‘head-merchants’, [BhP.], Sch.;
[cf. Zd. viś-paiti; Lith. vë́sz-patis.]
viś-páti , viś-pátnī. See under 2. viś, p. 989, col. 2.