[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.s7.342 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.342 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.342 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.341) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.343](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.343) - [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.s7.342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.342) · Pramāṇa