[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.s5.186 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.186 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.186 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.185) - [Next: v2.c4.s5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.187) - [Up: v2.c4.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.186) · Pramāṇa