[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.s3.8 # War in Ancient India c6.s3.8 War in Ancient India c6.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.8) The Iṣu is translated as a hand sword by Dr. Oppert, but may be an arrow or a reed-like weapon. Halāyudha identifies it with Kāśāstra.⁶⁶ It had a bent front, and the whole measured two cubits in length. Four movements were associated with it. Perhaps Atikāya, the Rākṣasa, used it in his engagement with Lakṣmaṇa. - [Previous: c6.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.7) - [Next: c6.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.9) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Raghuvaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.raghuvamsa-works.raghuvamsa.12.23) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.5.7) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c6.s3.8) · Pramāṇa