All 4 Uses of
battalion
in
The Ramayana
- The sea unbridged, his walls defy Both fiends and children of the sky, Though at the fierce battalions' head Lord Indra's self the onset led.†
Book 6 *battalions = large groups of soldiers
- Swift o'er the trembling ground career Mailed horsemen armed with axe and spear, And here and there in road and street The terrible battalions meet.†
Book 6
- The southern gate was Angad's care, Who ranged his bold battalions there.†
Book 6
- their battalions led; If Indra with the Storm-Gods came Against me, and the Lord of Flame, Still would I fight with all and slay Thy banded foes, my King, to-day.†
Book 6
Definition:
a large group of soldiers -- especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies