[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.s3.31 # War in Ancient India c6.s3.31 War in Ancient India c6.s3.31 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.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. - [Previous: c6.s3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.30) - [Next: c6.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.32) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3) ## Cites (3) - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa.12.73) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.5.35) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.31) · Pramāṇa