Public Administration in Ancient India c18.69

c18.69

“That array in which the wings are arranged like a bow is called a sañjaya (victory). The same with a projected front is called vijaya (victory). The array which has its flanks and wings thick is called sthūlakarṇa (big ear); the array with its front made twice as strong as the vijaya is called viśāla-vijaya (great victory); that which has its wings stretched forward is called chamū-mukha (face of an army); and the same is called jhashāsya (face of a fish) when it is arrayed in the reverse form. That variety of daṇḍa array in which one (constituent of the army) is made to stand higher than the others is called sūchī (needle). When this array consists of two such lines, it is called valaya (aggregate), and when of four lines, durjaya (invincible). These are the varieties of the daṇḍa array.