[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.558 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.558 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.558 - **Language:** English ### [c5.558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.558) Bāhuyuddha. (Bāhu = head). The fight with only bare hands without the use of a weapon. One who wishes to fight should make ready his own weapons. He should be one who will never get tired even after exertion. A war with bows and arrows is considered the best and most manly, that with a spear ranks next, a fight with a sword is bad and a fight with hands, the most mean. 3) \*The Trainees.\* Only a brahmin is entitled to be a preceptor in Dhanurveda. The Kṣatriya and Vaiśya should learn from him. The Śūdra can fight of his own in danger. He is not allowed to learn military science from a preceptor. Those mixed-born are to help the king during a war. - [Previous: c5.557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.557) - [Next: c5.559](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.559) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.558) · Pramāṇa