The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.456

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²⁶ Regarding the time a bow lasted, we may assume from their constant destruction that they were unenduring, unless of horn or metal. No positive statement can be made. Arjuna's age rather than his bow's is indicated by iv. 43. 6 ('sixty-five years Arjuna had the bow'), as the latter is divine. (In regard to the age of the Pāṇdus, compare the curious expression in v. 48. 27, çiçūn kṛtāstrān açiçuprakāçān (draṣṭā) pañca çūrān: relationship more than age is implied).