Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t2.164

Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t2.164

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c4.t2.164

⁶ 'Phussa' is not 'puṣpa'-flower, but it corresponds to the Sanskrit puṣya: Fick's conjecture is meaningless: op. cit., p. 125 n. puṣya is a name for the 'tiṣyā' nakṣatra in the Atharvaveda, xix, 7, 2, meaning auspicious: See Edgerton, J. A. O. S. 33, p. 160. "puṣyaratha" is mentioned by Kautilya, Arthaśāstra, II, 33, together with other kinds of chariots.

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit