[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.s7.294 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.294 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.294 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.294) ⁹² See Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 6, 1, 4; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, vii. 46; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 4, 4, 2; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, iv. 3, 4, 19; xii. 4, 4, 6; Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xxv. 3, 17; Lāṭyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, i. 1, 7; Kauṣītaka Sūtra, 67, etc. So one of the characteristics of a Brāhmaṇa given in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 5, 1, 1, is brāhmaṇya, which Weber, op. cit., 10, 69, takes as referring to descent. Brahma-putra is a title of honour, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 4, 1, 2. 9; Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, ii. 18, 12; Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xii. 21, 1, 2; and to be born the son of a wise Brāhmaṇa is the highest fortune, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, vi. 4, 29. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.293) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.295) - [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.s7.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.294) · Pramāṇa