War in Ancient India c17.59

c17.59

— daṇḍasāra, a kind of arrow, 98; — dantakaṇṭa, 109; — durghaṇa, 106, 107, 114; — druna, making of the, 96; — fire-arms, popular in India ever before the advent of the Portuguese, 105-6; — gadā, a heavy rod of iron, 113, 115, 123, — gāṇḍīva, of Arjuna, 96; — Gośiras, a spear, 111. — halāyudha, 110; — iṣu hand sword? arrow? 93ff, 110-11. — Kanapa (Kuṇapa), 104. — Kārmuka, same as bow, 93; — making of the, 96. — Kāśāstra, 110; — Kodaṇḍa, making of the, 96; — Kṣepyo-agni-yoga, fire-arm, 102; — Kunta, a lance, 112, 125. — Lavitra, a sickle, 112; — madantagara, a kind of sword, 119. — mauṣṭika, fist-sword, 114-115; — mayūkhi, a staff with a hilt, 115; — minor and mystical weapons, 119-125; — mudgara, 106, 113-14; — muktāmukta, weapons of war mentioned in the division, 119ff; — musala, 109; — musala, a weapon of Balarāma, 114; — musuṇḍi, a weapon of war, 109; — nālika, 104, 105, 107-08; — nārāca, 98 and 98n, 104, 105; — nistriṃśa, a kind of sword, 119; — paraśu, battle-axe, 111; — parigha, 115; — pāśa, a noose, 108-9;