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† So in iii. 284. 4, where the account of the moat filled with crocodiles and guarded by stakes is followed by the statement that there were *kapāṭayantra*, machines to guard the doors; but the commentator explains ‘to throw balls with,’ although the following words mean only that there were balls and stones and the *huḍa*, which he renders privy horn. Even the Puranic *yantra* is used in the same simple way, e. g. Ag. P. 240. 28; 168. 33. Compare above, p. 178, note.