History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.29

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.29

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v3.c52.29

This ceremony could be performed only²⁶⁴⁷ by a kṣatriya. There was a difference of view, some holding that it could be performed only by him who had not celebrated the Vājapeya (Kāt. XV. 1. 2), while others held that it should be celebrated after Vājapeya (Aśv. IX. 9. 19). In the Śat. Br. IX. 3. 4. 8 it is said 'by performing the Rājasūya one becomes a king (*rājan*)

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Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit
Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit