The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.59
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.59
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c2.s5.59
∗ Literally, ‘three koṭis of foot-men’ (*pattikoṭyas tathā tisraḥ*): cf. R. vi. 4. 56, *śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ koṭim āhur manīṣiṇaḥ*. Patti must here be the foot-soldier. There would thus be more men at the end of the war than at the beginning.
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- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit