Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.335
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.335
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v2.c4.s5.335
Rāṣṭra-gopa, ‘protector of the realm,’ is the epithet applied, in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (viii. 25), to the Purohita, whose special charge it was to preserve the king and realm from harm by his spells and rites.