[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.s7.249 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.249 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.249 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.249) 2. \*The Relation of the Castes.\*—The ritual literature is full of minute differences respecting the castes. Thus, for example, the Śatapatha prescribes different sizes of funeral mounds for the four castes.⁵⁴ Different modes of address are laid down for the four castes,⁵⁵ as \*ehi\*, 'approach'; \*āgaccha\*, 'come'; \*ādrava\*, 'run up'; \*ādhāva\*, 'hasten up,' which differ in degrees of politeness. The representatives of the four castes are dedicated at the Puruṣamedha ('human sacrifice') to different deities.⁵⁶ The Sūtras have many similar rules.⁵⁷ - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.248) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.250) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.249) · Pramāṇa