The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.694

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† *viçalyakaraṇī*, *oṣadhī vīryasampannā*, vi. 81. 10, pure drugs for wounds, false magic. *Vicalyā* is a plant preventing bloodflow. On the other hand, a 'consciousness-weapon' (restoring to life those actually dead) is an instance of pure magic (*prajñāstra*, iii. 289. 5-6). In xiv. 80. 42, Ulūpī finds a *saṃjīvano maṇiḥ* or stone to raise the dead. Compare the *viçalyā divyā* (called *saṃjīvakaraṇī oṣadhī* of R. vi. 26.