[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.s3.35 # War in Ancient India c6.s3.35 War in Ancient India c6.s3.35 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.35) The \*Musala\*⁸⁴ is a weapon of Balarāma. It was a pestle-like club, both ends well knit together. It was a pointed rod made of \*khadira\*. It belongs to the category of \*Śūla\* or trident. In the Rāma-Rāvaṇa yuddha, the Rākṣasas used Musalas of iron embellished with gold. - [Previous: c6.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.34) - [Next: c6.s3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.36) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.5.38) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.35) · Pramāṇa