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³ Prof. N. G. Chapekar goes even further and says: "It is erroneous to attribute the sense of governing to this word as used in the *Ṛg Veda*. . . *Rājan* means; one that shines" and he concludes that "the *rājās* are primarily gods and secondarily all those who are participants in the sacrificial rites intended to propitiate the gods." p. (228); see *JIH*, 42, 1964, pt. I, pp. 219-28.