[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.s8.93 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.93 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.93 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.93) Śata-pati occurs in a verse of the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā¹ and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa² as an epithet of Indra, who is described as alone the ‘lord of a hundred’ among men. To interpret the expression as ‘lord of a hundred gods,’ as does the commentary on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, is obviously impossible. It seems clear that there is a reference to an analogous human functionary—viz., the lord of a hundred villages, known in the later law³—who was probably at once a judicial deputy of the sovereign and a revenue collector, an ancient magistrate and collector. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.92) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.94) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.93) · Pramāṇa