War in Ancient India c7.s1.t4.7
War in Ancient India c7.s1.t4.7
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⁴⁵ For the origin and value of elephants in war see Pālakāpya quoted in the *Lakṣaṇaprakāśa*, pp. 321-28. The Parāśarasamhitā refers to four kinds of elephants, also mentioned in the *Viṣṇudharmottara* and *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa*. These are Bhadra, Manda, Mṛga and Miśra with their respective characteristics. Cp. also Bṛhaspati Samhita quoted in *Lakṣaṇaprakāśa*, pp. 329 ff. The Bṛhaspatisamhita classifies them according to the nature of territory—those of forests, of mountains and of rivers (*Ibid.*, p. 357).