The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s10.4

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Levirate, 346, 355, 367, 371. Literature, 108, 111, 112. Lords of realm, 99. Love, 334; love-charm, 366. Lying, 124, 365. Magic (308 ff.), 312, 365 ff. Mahābhārata, origin of, 58 ff., 324; fifth Veda, 112. Marriage, 110, 167 ff., 341 ff., 355 ff.; price, 345 ff. Means, the four, etc., 126, 182. Megasthenes, 59, 88, 98, 124, 136, 171, 174, 190, 343, 347. Mercy, 86, 229. Military authorities, 202. Moral, laws, 104, 115 ff., 123 ff., 231; responsibility, 132. Mother, 369; brother of, 141. Mourning, 188. Mules in war, 259. Murder (see ātatāyin), 113, 336, 365. Music, 170, 199, 318 ff. Names, 105, 166, 364. nīrājanā, 148, 176, 177. Officers (see council), of king, 84 ff., 95, 101, 128; of war, 203, 221. Ordeals, 133. Outcastes, 337. Poison, 111, 178, 277. Polyandry, polygamy, 170, 354. People-caste, 73 ff., 79, 94. Priests, 72, 88, 79 ff., 92, 96, 103, 150 ff., 154, 158, 172, 184 ff., 198, 248, 325, 328, 353. Prognostications, 314. Queens, 136, 371. rathanīḍa, 238. Realm, divided, 77, 83, 127. sabhā, 148. Sacrifice, horse, 147; human, 138. Çālihotra, 202. Salutation, 75, 106, 337. Çankhalikhita rule, 155. çataghni, 298, 300. Sex, cause of, 335. Slaves, 73, 97, 348, 354; of war, 107, 337; as kings, 136. Sons, 114, 138. Spies, 152, 184, 198, 200, 254 ff. Suicide, 371. çūra, 99 ff., 222, 303.