[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.s5.299 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.299 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.299 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s5.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.299) Rājya in the Atharvaveda¹ and later² regularly denotes ‘sovereign power,’ from which, as the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ notes, the Brahmin is excluded. - [Previous: v2.c4.s5.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.298) - [Next: v2.c4.s5.300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.300) - [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.s5.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.299) · Pramāṇa