[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) › c6.s2.21 # War in Ancient India c6.s2.21 War in Ancient India c6.s2.21 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2.21) The Cakra,⁵⁸ the next weapon in the category, is a circular disc with a small opening in the middle. It was of three kinds of eight, six and four spokes.⁵⁹ It was used in five or six ways. It resembled the quoit of the Sikhs to-day. The various uses of a disc were felling, whirling, rending, breaking, severing, and cutting. It is one of the instruments peculiar to Viṣṇu. Kauṭalya speaks of it as a movable machine. - [Previous: c6.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2.20) - [Next: c6.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2.22) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s2.21) · Pramāṇa