Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s6.16

c11.s6.16

¹ The *Vedic Index* gives the following references on the point: *Av.*, xviii, 2, 60; *Kāṭh. Saṁ.*, xviii, 9; xxxvii, 1; *Śat. Br.*, v, 3, 5, 30 ("the bow truly is the nobleman's strength"); *Taitt. Ār.*, vi, 1, 3. In the *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* [vii, 19], the list is longer—chariot, breastplate (*kavacha*), bow and arrow (*ishu-dhanvan*)—and in the prayer for the prosperity of the Kshatriya (*rājanya*) at the Aśvamedha, the Rājanya is to be an archer and a good chariot-fighter [*Taitt. Saṁ.*, vii, 5, 18, 1; *Maitr. Saṁ.*, iii, 12, 6; *Kāṭh Saṁ.*, Aśvamedha, v, 14; *Vājas. Saṁ.*, xxii, 2].