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# War in Ancient India c6.12

War in Ancient India c6.12

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### [c6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.12)

To turn our attention to the Kauṣitakī Brāhmaṇa in the Abhyudita sacrifice, the dakṣiṇā (fee) is a bow with three arrows. It is said that a bow is unfailing in giving a safe and sound journey.⁷ Thus the principal weapons that figure in this class of literature are bows and arrows.

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit

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