Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s6.26

v2.c74.s6.26

**Gadā**—or the Indian club or mace is usually represented as thicker than the daṇḍa or the ordinary cudgel. Dr. Bannerjea remarks: ‘In the very early representations of this weapon found in some Indian coins and seals, no distinction is probably made between these two weapons’. The mace held in the hands of Viṣṇu is known as Kaumodakī (cf. *Siśupālavadha* canto. III).