The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.56

c2.s5.56

∗ Bühler’s translation of the Manavic verse. † Daṇḍa, ҫakaṭa, varāha, makara, ҫūcī, garuḍa, vajra, padma, literally ‘staff, wagon, boar, sea-beast, needle, huge bird, thunderbolt, lily,’ are given as names of arrays, and the last of camp order. ‡ The commander ‘draws up the order’ (vyūhaṃ cakre), or draws up ‘a counter-order’ (against that of the foes, prativyūha). Drawn up, the foe is vyūdhānīka, ‘with face (acies) in battle order.’ It is usual to ‘counter against the foe’ (ҫatrūn prativyūhya), though the verb absolute is also common (cf. vii. 6. 8; 19. 38). One draws out the different acies : cf. v. 164. 4, anīkāni vyakarṣata.