[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c17.60 # War in Ancient India c17.60 War in Ancient India c17.60 - **Language:** English ### [c17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.60) — pattiśa, a kind of spear, 110, 114; — pināka, (trident), the śūla of Śiva, 113; — śankha, 96 — prāsa, 113; — śakti (spear), 106 and n, 148. — śara, a kind of arrow, 98; — origin of the name, 97-8; — śataghna(i), a fire-arm, 105, 115; — śalākā, a kind of arrow, 98; — śārṅga, same as bow, 93; — śīra, a ploughshare, 114; — sthūṇa, (an anvil), 112-3; — śūla, 114; — sūrmi, 103; — tomara, 107; — tulā guḍa, 104; — Vajra, (thunderbolt), of Indra, 93, 110, 133, 134, 140; — Valaitadi, same as astra, 112; — Varuṇa-Prakāśas, 109; — Veṇu, a kind of arrow, 98; — Viśvāsaghāti-agni-yoga, a fire-arm, 102. Yajñaśri, coins of, 288. Yājñavalkya smṛti on maṇḍala, 310. Yajur Veda Saṃhitā, 167; — use of iron in the period of the, 129. Yāna (preparedness for attack), 312, 320-21. Yantramukta, a kind of weapon of war, 93. Yaugandharāyaṇa, minister of Udayana, 327. Yayāti, 52; — a Rathi, 13. Yuktikalpataru, a work of Bhoja, 22, 176n, 289. Yule, on Rajput ships, 190. - [Previous: c17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.59) - [Next: c17.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.61) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c17.60) · Pramāṇa