[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.s9.244 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.244 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.244 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.244) Sabhā-cara is one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ The St. Petersburg Dictionary thinks it is an adjective equivalent in sense to \*sabhā-ga\*, ‘going to the assembly.’ As he is dedicated to Dharma, ‘Justice,’ it is difficult not to see in him a member of the Sabhā as a law court, perhaps as one of those who sit to decide cases: there is nothing to show whether the whole assembly did so, or only a chosen body. The special use of Sabhācara suggests the latter alternative. See also Sabhāsad. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.243) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.245) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.244) · Pramāṇa