Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s4.33

c7.s4.33

Though the *vājapeya* was a sacrifice worthy of being performed by any Kṣatriya, still it is reasonable to suppose that many a monarch did not essay its performance. Rather it was a preliminary to the *rājasūya*. Later on the *vājapeya* seems to have become a Brahmanical ritual and the Brahman who qualified himself by performing it was worthy of being consecrated to the institution of Purohitship in the state.