[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c5.s2.36 # War in Ancient India c5.s2.36 War in Ancient India c5.s2.36 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.36) Varāhamihira's Yogayātrā⁸⁰ asks a king on the eve of a march to war to recite the apratiratha hymn that occurs in the Atharvaveda, for success in war.⁸¹ The hymn runs as follows: - [Previous: c5.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.35) - [Next: c5.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.37) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c5.s2.36) · Pramāṇa