Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.342
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.342
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v2.c4.s7.342
On the other hand, the Brahmins, or at least the Purohitas, accompanied the princes in battle, and probably, like the mediæval clergy, were not unprepared to fight,¹³⁶ as Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra seem to have done, and as priests do even in the Epic from time to time.¹³⁷ But a priest cannot be said to change caste by acting in this way.