The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s10.5

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Suttee, 172 ff., 371. svayaṃvara, see election. Tacitus, 100, 113, 123, 191, 223. Taxes, 86 ff., 89, 90, 91. Teacher, see Guru. Thieves, 79, 134, 136. Towns, 77, 96, 136, 174 ff. Tribute, 91. triveṇu, 242. Uçanas, 129, 131, 193, 202, 311. utsedha, 305. Vasishtha, 73, 75, 152, 159, (179). Vedas, 111, 112, 188, 365; Atharva, 312 ff., 318; dhanurveda, 111, 308. Vengeance, 183. Vices (see drinking, gambling, hunting, lying, crimes, women), 117, 339. Victory, 115, 159, 316. vinaya, 159. Villages (see towns), animals of, 119; as gifts, 172; custom of, 364. Vows, 233. Vṛṣala, 168. vyūha, 192, 195 ff., 201; door of, 225. Warriors (see priests, slaves, women), nobles, and common, 92, 98, 104 ff., 154, 369; derivation of name, 114, 186; study of, 108 ff. Weapons, 176, 178; divine, 292, 296 ff., 313. Witnesses, 132, 338. Woman (see abortion, adultery, chastity, dancing, dress, drinking, family, games, Guru, marriage, names, polygamy, queens), purity, 331, 337 ff.; ideal, 332; independence of, 350; obedience, 335, 378; honor to, 364; conduct, 365; guarded, 339, 349 ff., 366; property of, 368, 371; divorce, 353, 368; eating with, 365; as a warrior, 372; as a vice, 118; poets, 344; religion of, 352; second wife, 353; second husband, 371; wife's relations, 99; widows, 107, 172, 343, 370. yantra, 178, 301. Year, as month, 342.