Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.1093

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¹¹ Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 1, 10, 3; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 3; iii. 1, 9; 2, 3; iv. 3, 9; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxix. 10; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, v. 27; vii. 21; xviii. 14; xix. 5; xxxviii. 14, etc.; Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa, xi. 11, 9; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 22; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, i. 2, 1, 7; iii. 5, 2, 11; 6, 1, 17; vi. 6, 3, 14. The superiority of the Rājanya to all other castes is asserted in Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 5, 10, 1, etc. The superiority of the Brahmin to the Kṣatriya is sometimes asserted — e.g., in the Atharvaveda hymns, v. 18. 19; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iv. 3, 8; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxi. 21; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 1, 9, 1; 3, 7, 8. So the Rājasūya sacrifice of the king is inferior to the highest sacrifice (the Vājapeya) of the priest (ibid., v. 1, 12), and though the Brahmin goes after the king, he is yet stronger than he (v. 4, 2, 7, and v. 4, 4, 15). Cf. Hopkins, op. cit., 76.