The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.58

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∗ i. 159. 11–12, kṛcchraṃ tu duhitā, etc. † The princess Uttarā asks Arjuna, to whose son she is shortly married (after he himself had declined her hand when offered by her father), to bring back cloth with which to dress the dolls of herself and girlfriends. Arjuna’s remarks on declining her hand show that she was a mere child, although at least of marriageable age, vayaḥsthā, iv. 72.