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राजकर्तृ (rAjakartR)

 
Capeller Eng
English
राजकर्तृ
m.
 king-maker (who sets a king on the throne).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
राज—कर्तृ
m.
 ‘king-maker’
pl.
 those who place a king on the throne,
AitBr.
R.
Vedic Reference
English
Rāja-kartṛ, ^1 or Rāja-kṛt, ^2 ‘king-maker, ’ is the term applied
in the Atharvaveda and the Brāhmaṇas to those who, ‘not
themselves kings, ’^3 aid in the consecration of the king. In the
Śatapatha^2 the persons meant and specified are the Sūta,
‘charioteer, ’ and the Grāmaṇī, ‘village chief, ’ probably a repre-
sentative chief from the village nearest to the place of consecra-
tion, as Eggeling^4 suggests. In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ^1
according to the commentator's explanation, the father,
brother, etc., are meant
in the Atharvaveda, ^2 also, the
meaning of the expression is not stated in the text.
1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 17, 5.
2) Av. iii. 5, 7
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,
iii. 4, 1, 7
xiii. 2, 2, 18.
3) Loc. cit.
2) Av. iii. 5, 7
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,
iii. 4, 1, 7
xiii. 2, 2, 18.
4) Sacred Books of the East, 41, 60, n.
Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 17, 199
et seq.
1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 17. 5.
2) Av. iii. 5, 7
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,
iii. 4, 1, 7
xiii. 2, 2, 18.