Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s1.79

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∗ “Ait.” ii, 25; iii, 18 (twice); “Çat.” v, 4, 4, 1. Whoever considers these passages by themselves and in comparison with the evidence to be explained further on, will scarcely adhere to the signification “mercenary soldier” for Bharata (vide Pet. Lex.), but see in it solely the name of the tribe. I emend Satvanâm in “Ait.” ii, 25, to Satvatâm (according to “Çat.” xiii, 5, 4, 21, which reading—as opposed to the Lex.—is supported by “Ait.” viii, 14), and translate: “therefore even now go the Bharatas forth for plunder against the Satvats, and their charioteers say: For a fourth part,” etc.