Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.209

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¹⁴ Rv. iii. 43, 5. References to attacks on aborigines are common in the Rigveda—e.g., ii. 12, 11; iv. 26, 3; vi. 26, 5; 33, 4, etc. For later references to war, cf. Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, ix. 17; x. 3; xxviii. 2; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ii. 6, 4, 2 et seq.; and Hopkins, *Journal of the American Oriental Society*, 13, 187, 215. In the Rājasūya the protection of the Brahmin is compensated with the ‘eating’ of the Viś, the latter interesting the king more than the older duty of protection. See Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 12. 17.