The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.243

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† These terms were also employed as proper names. Adhiratha, Ādhirathi, Atiratha (vii. 134. 13, 11; viii. 51. 68; vii. 132. 6; 133. 44), were at first those skilled in driving ‘on the car.’ Proper names are also made by forming *ratha* into the end of a compound, as Vṛkaratha (*nāma bhrātā karṇasya*), vii. 157. 21. Compare also p. 204, note.