Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.327

v2.c4.s2.327

1. Brāhmaṇa, ‘descendant of a Brahman’ (i.e., of a priest), is found only a few times in the Rigveda,¹ and mostly in its latest parts. In the Atharvaveda² and later³ it is a very common word denoting ‘priest,’ and it appears in the quadruple division of the castes in the Puruṣa-sūkta (‘hymn of man’) of the Rigveda.⁴