War in Ancient India c17.58

c17.58

Viramitrodaya Lakṣaṇaprakāśa, 364. Virarājendra, embassy of, to the Cālukya King, 350-1. Vīras, the knights of ancient India, 13. Virasena, Saciva of Candragupta II, 227. Virāṭa, fight between the king of, and Suśarma, 127-8. Virūpākṣa, conquest of Ceylon by, 295. Viṣṇu, weapons of, 146-7. — law-giver, book of, 360; — on the disposal of the wealth seized in war, 78. Viṣṇudharmottara, the, 98n, 166n, 167. Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa, 214, Viṣṇu Purāṇa, the, 280, 346. Viṣṭi (commissariat), transport and navy, 157. Viśvatantra Jātaka, 137. Viśvāmitra, taking of Rāma by, 43; — the Dhanurveda attributed to, 122. Vrātyas, 6-7 fn. Vṛtra, 97, 110. Vyāsa, a member of Duryodhana's War Council, 205. Vyūhas in war, 266-72. War, kinds of, 59ff, 235, 265; — aerial, 275-84; — naval, 284-98; — causes for the waging of, 317; — curiosities of, 381-8; — espionage in, 351-61; — ethics of the, 58-75; — Manuscripts and books on, 365-6; — miscellaneous regulations relating to, 78-80; — nature of, in ancient India, 38-9; — prayers to Gods, before the commencement of, 63; — psychological factors of, 7ff; — rules observed on the battlefield, 67-73; — tactics in, 264-74; — treatment of the wounded in, 74-5. War Council, 201-06; — of Duryodhana, 221. War Finance, 206-14. War Loans, 212-14. War music, 377-9. War Relief, to the relatives of the deceased, 212. War of Relics, sculpture of the, at Sāñchī, 134. Warrior's code, the, 41-57. Weapons of war:— — Āgneya-astra (fire-arm), in ancient India, 101-106; — agni-bāṇa, 102; — agnicūrṇa, composition of the, 104-5; — Amukta, (not thrown) a kind of weapon of war, 93. — Amukta weapons, 110-119; — arrow, methods in the discharge of, 99-100; — Asi (sword), 116-9 and 118n. — Asidhenu, (Asiyaṣṭi?) a small dagger, 111, 119; — astra, a weapon of war, 95n, 112; — Aurva, a fire-arm, 104; — ayah, 104; — ayoguḍa, (bullet of iron), 104; — bhindipāla, 106, 108; — bhusuṇḍi, a weapon of war, 109n; — Cakra, 109; — crow-bow, 97;