War in Ancient India c6.s4.4

c6.s4.4

The second class of this Muktāmukta division, *i.e.* Upasamhāra, contains a list of fifty-three different weapons.⁹⁹ These are Satyavān (perhaps a missile that would act according to one's wish), Satyakīrti (a missile probably famous in the Satyaloka), Rabhasa (a missile of violent quickness), Dṛṣṭa (a missile shaped like the shaft of a carriage), Pratihāratara (a missile for preventing an attack), Avāngmukha (a missile with its face turned downwards), Parāngmukha (one with the shape of a leaf or a tree), Dṛṭhanābha (a navel-shaped missile), Alakṣya (a missile discharged with no aim), Lakṣya (one discharged with some aim), Āvila (one in the shape of an ewe), Sunābhaka (one with a strong focus at the centre), Daśākṣa (one with ten cavities or openings), Śatavaktra (one with a hundred mouths), Daśaśīrṣa (one with ten-headed missile), Śatodara (one with hundred cavities), Dharmanābha (a navel-shaped missile for maintaining righteousness), Mahānābha (one having a big central point), Dundhunābha (one with the central point like a drum), Nābhaka (one like the nave of a wheel), Jyotiṣa (a lustrous missile), Vimalakula (a pure missile), Nairāsya (one engendering discouragement at the outset), Kṛśana (a small missile), Yogandhara (one of superhuman powers), Sanidra (one attributed to Indra), Daitya (one peculiar to the Asuras), Pramathana (a slaughtering missile), Sārcirmālī (one in the shape of a garland), Dhṛtirmālī (that could be seized or laid hold of), Vṛttimān (one that would move and turn), Rucira (a restorative missile), Pitrya (one in shape like the constellation Magha), Saumanasa (a floral missile), Vidhūta (an unsteady missile), Makara (one in the shape of the crocodile), Karavīra (a sword or scimitar), Dhanaratī (one giving wealth), Dhānya (one affording grains), Kāmarūpaka (one that takes a shape at will), Jṛmbaka (a wide-mouthed missile), Āvaraṇa (one serving as a protection), Moha (one producing spell), Kāmaruci (one acting to one’s wish), Vāruṇa (one attributed to Varuṇa), Sarvadamana (the all-subduing one), Sandhāna (a well-aimed missile), Sarvanābhaka (one like a serpent), Kankālāstra (one with heron’s feathers), Mausalāstra (a pestle-like missile), Kāpālāstra (a skull-like missile), Kankaṇa (one resembling the bracelet) and Paiśācāstra (a devilish missile).¹⁰⁰