Battle
event · 4 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
battle · war · battles · combat · conflict · contests · front battle line · the battle which has taken place · victory · warfare
in the texts
Rigveda
Combat setting in which the gods aid mortals and stand as protectors.
for ye are standers in the front battle line;
The mortal whom ye two, O Indra and Agni, both help in the battles — even the firm obstacles does he break through, like brilliant words, as Trita does.
That power which is hard to overcome in battles, which is praiseworthy in contests, which encompasses the five peoples — O Indra and Agni, we invoke that power of yours.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The martial contest for which the speaker seeks Indra's aid and victory.
raise up our share battle by battle.
Go forward to victory, do not retreat;
you have been the conqueror in battles.
To Philip, II
An unnamed battle whose result makes the Greeks more likely to accept Philip's intended policy.
for on account of the battle which has taken place, all are compelled to be prudent and to desire that which they surmise you wish to do and to say, namely, that they must desist from the madness and the spirit of aggrandizement, which they were wont to display in their relations with each other, and must carry the war into Asia.
Manusmṛti
Armed conflict between kings, governed by codes of honor and spiritual consequence.
Kings who, seeking to slay one another in battle, fight with their utmost power without turning their backs, go to heaven.
Not turning back in battles, the protection of the subjects, and the service of Brāhmaṇas are the highest means of welfare for kings.
But he who, being afraid, turns back and is slain in battle by his enemies, he takes upon himself whatever sin his master has committed.