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30. Brahmins acting as kṣatriyas are mentioned, e.g., *Mbh* 12. 22. 6. It is said of Indra that he is a son of Brahman but has become a kṣatriya through his works (*karmaṇā*) (*Mbh* 12. 22. 11). For Indra as a brahmin, cf. also the subrahmaṇyā recitation, where Indra is addressed, among other epithets, as *kauśika brāhmaṇa* (see *ṢvB* 1. 1. 21; and Caland and Henry, *L'Agniṣṭoma*, no. 49). See also H. P. Schmidt, *Bṛhaspati und Indra* (Wiesbaden, 1958), 237–39.