[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.567 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.567 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.567 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.567) A-rājānaḥ, ‘not princes,’ is a term used to describe persons in two passages of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ and in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.² Weber³ also finds them mentioned in the Atharvaveda,⁴ and thinks that they—Sūtas (‘charioteers’) and Grāmaṇīs (‘troop-leaders’) there referred to—were called thus because, while not themselves princes, they assisted in the consecration of princes. - [Previous: v1.c3.566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.566) - [Next: v1.c3.568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.568) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.567) · Pramāṇa