The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.734
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.734
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c2.s5.734
The usual instrument for trumpeting was the conch-shell, bearing etymologically the same name, śaṅkha, and carried by each chief. Compare this description: ‘then standing on the great car drawn by white horses, he blew in his gold-adorned shell—Arjuna blew in his shell Devadatta; Krishna, the shell that was called Pāñcajanya . . .’*