The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c27.s7.2

v1.c27.s7.2

⁴ Oltramare, *Le rôle du Yajamāna dans le sacrifice brahmanique* (Louvain, 1903); Oldenberg, *Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft*, vii. 222–4, who very properly insists that the priest differs from the sacrificer mainly in the fact that by reason of his office he has less need of elaborate ritual preparation than the lay sacrificer. In the actual rite he is as much as the priest made divine.