The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.99

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∗ Silk gowns are mentioned in xii. 296. 20. Krishnā is *adhonīvī* in the assembly, ii. 67. 19. *Ekaveṇī*, ‘with one braid’: compare R. vi. 60. 7; v. 22. 8 (and 18. 21; 66. 13); also sign of a eunuch. The ornaments include bells, as in *kāñcīnūpuranisvanāiḥ*, R. vi. 112. 13; v. 20. 16; 81. 29; from the Epic I have only *nūpura* in xiii. 107. 30; iii. 146. 24. Sītā is dressed *pītakāuṣeyavāsinī*, R. v. 31. 2. Wedding clothes in drama are silk bodice, red muslin skirt, necklace, shoes, wreath: *Mālatīmādh*. vi. 82. The story of the B. S. 78. 1 begins *çastreṇa veṇīvinigūhitena* (with a dagger hid in her braid the queen of Kāçī killed the king). The Amarāvati tope, referred to above, p. 105, shows un-Aryan women barely dressed in a belt, necklace, and anklets (of the fourth century). From the Epic I have further noted only Subhadrā dressed as queen in red silk, i. 221. 19; Tilottamā (divine woman) *veṣam sākṣiptam ādhāya raktenāi ’kena vāsasā* (i. 212. 9), a Coian garb; and Krishnā, *kṣāumasamvitā kṛtakāutukamaṅgalā* (i. 199. 3), linen clothes and the matron’s necklace. The ‘girls with one garment’ abound in the stories of rustic adventure: but it was a last shift for a woman of rank to appear in ‘one piece of cloth’ (as in Krishnā’s or Damayantī’s case).