[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.s19.53 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.53 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.53 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.53) ⁷ Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 5, 1, 2; v. 3, 12, 1; vi. 5, 10, 2; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxxi. 7 (where the Kapiṣṭhala has \*brahma-jya\*, 'oppressor of a Brahmin'); Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 2, 8, 12. The Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, x. 38, declares that the slaying of a Brahmin alone is truly murder, and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 3, 1, 1 \*et seq.\*, states that the sin of murdering a Brahmin can be expiated only by the performance of an \*Aśvamedha\*, or 'horse sacrifice'—the \*ne plus ultra\* of human generosity to Brahmins. See also Nirukta, vi. 27. The later tradition also interprets \*bhrūṇa\* as Brahmin (see Saṅkara, cited in Weber, \*Indische Studien\*, i, 410, n.; Keith, \*Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka\*, 30, n. 5; Konow, \*Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa\*, 46, n. 1, and \*cf.\* Vasiṣṭha Dharma Sūtra, xx. 23). - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.52) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.54) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) ## Linked texts (7) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.5.1.2) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.2.8.12) — Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.20.23) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.31.7) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.27) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.13.3.1.1) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.53) · Pramāṇa