Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.563
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.563
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7) *Operations with ropes.* There are eleven different ways of using a rope in a war. Parāvṛtta, Aparāvṛtta, Gṛhīta, Laghugṛhīta, Ūrdhvakṣipta, Adhahkṣipta, Sandhārita, Śyenapāta, Gajapāta and Grāhagrāhya. Adepts in this art have stated that there are five acts in the rope-operation. They are : Rju, Āyata, Viśāla, Tiryak and Bhrāmita.