[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.s14.148 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.148 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.148 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.148) (b) Citraratha is also the name of a king for whom the Kāpeyas performed a special kind of sacrifice (dvirātra), with the result, according to the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,¹ that in the Caitrarathi family only one member was a Kṣatra-pati, the rest dependents. Apparently this must mean that the Caitrarathis were distinguished from other families of princes by the fact that the chief of the clan received a markedly higher position than in most cases, in which probably the heads of the family were rather an oligarchy than a monarch and his dependents. See Rājan. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.147) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.149) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.148) · Pramāṇa