[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1462 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1462 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1462 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1462) RĀJA-SŪYA. ‘A royal sacrifice.’ A great sacrifice performed at the installation of a king, religious in its nature but political in its operation, because it implied that he who instituted the sacrifice was a supreme lord, a king over kings, and his tributary princes were required to be present at the rite. - [Previous: c5.1461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1461) - [Next: c5.1463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1463) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1462) · Pramāṇa