The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.12

c13.12

¹ That in this passage the Vedas are necessarily to be understood by mante, I won't maintain; magical incantations may also be meant here, a knowledge of which the king, as appears from other passages, had at heart. Of such magical incantations learnt by a Khattiya, there are mentioned in the Jātakas: the magical incantations with the help of which one conquers the earth (*pathavījayamanta*, II. 243), the magic by which one can understand all tongues, even the tongues of animals (*sabbarâvajânanamanta*, III. 145), the magical incantation which helps to bring into view concealed treasures (*niddhiuddharaṇamanta*, III. 116).