War in Ancient India c6.s3.31

c6.s3.31

The Mudgara⁸² was a staff in the shape of a hammer three cubits in length, and with a strong circular handle. The *Amarakośa* mentions it with the *Durghaṇa* mentioned above. It was used to break heavy stones and rocks. Śaṅkarācārya compares *moha* or magical delusion to a Mudagara in a short poem entitled *Mohamudgara*. It is sometimes used in the sense of a club to break down clods of earth. This is again a movable machine according to Kauṭalya.