The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.488

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² Of warrior or of arrow, iii. 33. 86, 87; 40. 12; of arrow, iv. 59. 13 (*çarāir āçīviṣākārāir jvaladbhir iva pannagāiḥ*): compare ib. 64. 6, and viii. 90. 57 (*nārācam āçīviṣatulyavegam utsasarja*). R. vi. 68. 5, *saṃdhāya çarān āçīviṣopamān mumoca niçitān . . sarpān iva mahāviṣān*. Also R. ii. 66. 1, *çaram uddhṛtya dīptam āçīviṣopamam*. There is here no thought of fire. We may add on *dīpta* the application in R. to the moon, a car being compared to the moon in glory which is *dīpta*, i. e. brilliant—or, as is apologetically added, *pravalan (iva) çriyā*, as if ‘on fire with beauty,’ R. vi. 31. 29-30.