The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.338

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‖ Compare viii. 77. 3, (açvāḥ) himaçaṅkhavarṇāḥ suvarṇamuktāmaṇijālanaddhāḥ; vii. 118. 4, çaṣiçaṅkhavarṇāḥ (C. 4687, çaṣipuṅkha); viii. 50. 5, haṃsavarṇāḥ, çaṅkhavarṇāḥ; viii. 76. 36, sitābhravarṇāḥ, asitaprayuktāḥ; ix. 11. 41, hayāḥ . . suvarṇakakṣāḥ . . ṛkṣavarṇāḥ; viii. 79. 59, çvetāçvayuktam . . . sughoṣam ugraṃ ratham (arjunasya : compare viii. 38. 12, ‘fifty white steeds,’ with eighteen more in verse 13; also viii. 37. 26). More might be given, but will not profit us. The various flowers (decorations with which, āpīḍa, are common) with which the color of horses vies are given in vii. 23. 6, 24, 28 ff. (cf. R. vi. 19. 46, kāñcanāpīḍa hayāḥ).