The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.14

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∗ iii. 33. 16–17; āhave, so the verb āhvayad dvairathenā ’jau, xii. 5. 1 etc., ‘called out’ to a duel (see below in battle). † keçān samanugṛhya, ii. 23. 5 ff. ‡ v. 72. 53, cf. ff. Compare R. vi. 93. 24–25; parāir vā hanyate vīraḥ parān vā hanti saṃyuge, iyaṃ hi pūrvanirdiṣṭā gatiḥ kṣatriyācācvatī, ff. § kṣatatratā kṣatāj jīvan, vii. 197. 4, 38; 143. 66; above, p. 114. ‖ Compare ii. 21. 50 ff., and with 52 cf. v. 132. 7, the ‘arm-power’ of the warrior against ‘voice-power’ of the priests. ¶ svako hi dharmaḥ çūrānāṃ vikramaḥ; and if the ‘three means’ fail, conquer by boldness, i. 202.