[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) › v2.c4.s2.343 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.343 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.343 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.343](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.343) In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa¹⁴ the Brahmin is said to be the ‘recipient of gifts’ (ādāyī) and the ‘drinker of the offering’ (āpāyī). The other two epithets applied, āvasāyī and yathā-kāma-prayāpya, are more obscure; the former denotes either ‘dwelling everywhere’¹⁵ or ‘seeking food’;¹⁶ the latter is usually taken as ‘moving at pleasure,’ but it must rather allude to the power of the king to assign a place of residence to the Brahmin. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.342) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.344](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.344) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.343](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.343) · Pramāṇa