[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.s3.26 # War in Ancient India c6.s3.26 War in Ancient India c6.s3.26 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.26) The Pināka⁷⁹ is the Śūla of Śiva, usually translated as a trident. It had three prongs made of iron and the front is of brass. It measured four cubits. Śukrācārya speaks of it as triśiras measuring three hastas. Its uses are striking, thrusting, rending, cutting to pieces, breaking, and severing. - [Previous: c6.s3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.25) - [Next: c6.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.27) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.252.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.5.27) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.26) · Pramāṇa