The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.421
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.421
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c2.s5.421
* açvatthāme 'ti hi gajaḥ khyāto nāmnā, vii. 190. 17. The name, from its assumed derivation, fits an elephant better than a boy, and we might also, regarding the age of each, imagine that the boy was named for the elephant, but it is said otherwise: açvasye 'vā 'sya yat sthāma nadataḥ pradiço gatam, açvatthāmāi 'va bālo 'yam tasmān nāmnā bhaviṣyati, i. 130. 48-49. The immortal elephants have names, the most famous being Indra's Āirāvata. Compare v. 99. 15, and the verse āirāvataḥ puṇḍariko vāmanaḥ kumudo 'ñjanaḥ, puṣpadantaḥ sarvabhūmaḥ supratīkaç ca diggajāḥ, Am. Koç. 1. 1. 2. 5; Ag. P. 19. 27; Bṛ. Sam. 32. 1; K. Nīt. xvi. 8; Lassen, I. A. i. 364.
Linked texts (5)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod) — Classical Tibetan
- Kāmandakīya Nītisāra — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit