The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.283

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¹⁴ Compare also viii. 24. 54, 72, cars with banners and moon-colored steeds; elephants ‘with different banners of various colors.’ ‖ *dharmadhvajaḥ*, iii. 3. 19; *dhvajikaḥ*, xiii. 163. 62 (cf. *dhvajin*). ¶ Thus, in viii. 27. 33, on the battle-field are found umbrellas, fans, sandal wood (the Hindus’ most costly wood); and in ix. 10. 2, ‘a gleaming white umbrella’ is carried over Yudhishṭhira; cf. iv. 55. 55 and 64.