[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.s2.484 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.484 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.484 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.484) Brāhmaṇāc-chaṃsin (‘reciting after the Brāhmaṇa—i.e., Brahman’) is the name of a priest in the Brāhmaṇas.¹ In the technical division of the sacrificial priests (Ṛtvij) he is classed with the Brahman,² but it is clear that he was really a Hotraka or assistant of the Hotṛ.³ According to Oldenberg,⁴ he was known to the Rigveda as Brahman. This is denied by Geldner,⁵ who sees in Brahman merely the ‘superintending priest’ or the ‘priest.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.483) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.485](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.485) - [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.s2.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.484) · Pramāṇa