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¹ *Cf.*, Weber, *IA*, ii (1873), p. 148, Lassen, and Cunningham (*Bhilsa Topes*, p. 92). The term *Amitraghāta* occurs in Patañjali's *Mahābhāshya* III. 2. 2. *Cf.*, also *Mbh*. 30. 19; 62. 8; VII. 22. 16, where *Amitraghātin* occurs as an epithet of princes and warriors. Dr. Jarl Charpentier observes (in *Le Monde Oriental*, quoted in *Calcutta Review*, May-June, 1926, p. 399), "that the Greek word *Amitrachates* as a synonym of Bindusāra, should be rendered Amitraghāta seems clear not only from the *Mahābhāsya* but also from the royal title *amitrāṇāṁ hantā* in *Ait. Br.*, VIII. 17." In *JRAS.*, 1928, January, however, he prefers to restore Amitrachates as Amitrakhāda (p. 135). *Cf. Ṛig-veda*, X. 152. 1.