Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.74

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c36.74

The author of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa points out that the announcements are symbolical^2: Agni symbolising the Brāhmaṇas; Indra, the nobility; Pūshan the world of cattle and so on. In any case, the king-elect is expressly and firstly announced to men, whatever be the real import of the other *āvids*. The āvids are made to obtain permission or approval for the consecration, says the Śatapatha 'तैरनुमतः सूयते,' 'and approved by them he is consecrated'.'

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