[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.s18.627 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.627 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.627 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.627](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.627) The Rigvedic hymn certainly appears to represent Devāpi as sacrificing for Śantanu, who seems to be called Aulāna.¹⁰ But there is no trace in it of the brotherhood of the two men, nor is there anything to show that Devāpi was not a Brahmin, but a Kṣatriya. Sieg,¹¹ who interprets the hymn by the Nirukta, thinks that he was a Kṣatriya, but on this occasion was enabled by the favour of Bṛhaspati to officiate as priest, and that the hymn shows clear recognition of the unusual character of his action; but this view seems very improbable. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.626](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.626) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.628](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.628) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.98.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.627](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.627) · Pramāṇa