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was partaken by Kunti and her four sons, namely, Yudhi§thira, Arjuna,
Nakula and Sahadeva, while the other half was eaten solely by Bhima
(I. 156. 5-6):
Nivedayanti sma tada Kuntya bhaik§yam sada nisi Taya vibhaktan bhagams te bhunjate sma prthak prthak. [Then (after returning from their round of alms) at night they
handed over the alms to Kunti. The food then, after being apportioned
among them by her, each ate his share individually.
Ardharh te bhunjate virah saha matra paran-tapah Ardharii sarvasya bhaik§yasya Bhimo bhunkte maha-balah. [Half of it was partaken by the (four) enemy-harassing heroes along
with their mother, while the (remaining) half of the whole alms was eaten
by the mighty Bhima.]
1 W D Whitney, Atharva-veda Samhita, p 214. Ibid., pp 464-465. Ibid., p 397. Ibid., p 205.
D D Kosambi, The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline, p 150. A B Keith The Veda of the Black Tajus School, etc, H 0 S, Vol XVIII, p 272. The Sacred Books of the East, Vol XVII, pp 200-204. J. Kashyap, (cd) Vinaya-pitaka, Mahavagga-pali, VIII 12. 18. Ibid., Cullavagga-pali, IV. 5.
I The Sacred Books of the East, Vol XX, pp 56-57.
li Ibid.,? 221.
ia Ibid.
' a Ibid.
i4 The rendering should be ^voluntary religious contributions*.
i • The Sacred Books cf the East, Vol XI, pp 3-4.
16 L H Morgan, Ancient Society, p 70.
II Ibid., pp 228-229, 292-293.
is The Sacred Books of the East, Vol XI, pp 6-7.
i® JW.,VolXX, pp 4-5.
a o The Sacred Books of the East, Vol XVII, p 156.
a! Ibid.
a a J^.,pp 207-210.
3 a Ibid.
•A Ibid.
a s Ibid., Vol. XLI, pp 317, 320-321.
a® The Veda of the Black Tajus School etc., H 0 S. Vol XVIII, pp 188-189.
a 7 Vedic Index, Vol I, pp 3-5.
as E M S Namboodiripad, Kerala'. Testerday, Today and Tomorrow^ pp 29-30.
a» Shridharshastri Pathak, Vajasaneyi Samhita (Marathi translation), pp 150-155;
Taittiriya Samhita, 1.8.16; A B Keith, Religion and Philosophy of the Vedas and Upanis&is
pp 342-343.
«° Aptc's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, S. V. »i Irawati Karve, Kinship Organisation in India, p 177. »« J Kashyap (ed) Samyutta-nikaya-pali, 42.7.7, sa G Thomson, Studies in Ancient Greek Society^ Vol I, p 305. 8 A L Sarup, Nighantu and Nirukta, p 40.
• « D D Kosambi, Myth and Reality, p 62.
