Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.186

v2.c4.s5.186

Rāja-kartṛ,¹ or Rāja-kṛt,² ‘king-maker,’ is the term applied in the Atharvaveda and the Brāhmaṇas to those who, ‘not themselves kings,’³ aid in the consecration of the king. In the Śatapatha² the persons meant and specified are the Sūta, ‘charioteer,’ and the Grāmaṇī, ‘village chief,’ probably a representative chief from the village nearest to the place of consecration, as Eggeling⁴ suggests. In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,¹ according to the commentator’s explanation, the father, brother, etc., are meant; in the Atharvaveda,² also, the meaning of the expression is not stated in the text.