The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.413

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† *Kaṅkaṭa*, e. g. vii. 187. 47, may mean breast-plate or goad. The *tottra*, vii. 134. 6: *aṅkuśa*, vii. 29. 17 (*sarvaghātī*); in ix. 20. 16, both of these urge the ‘elephant-king;’ compare vi. 45. 5; and also ib. 55. 32 (for cattle, *aṣṭrā* is the proper goad). The ‘sound of bells and elephants’ goads’ is here mentioned. The goad, like the whip, is gilded, vii. 148. 46. Compare vii. 29. 19b-21a (C. omits).