[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) › c5.564 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.564 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.564 - **Language:** English ### [c5.564](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.564) 8) \*Mode of using the weapons.\* (1) Deeds with a wheel are : Chedana, Bhedana, Pātana, Bhramaṇa, Śayana and Vikartana. (2) \*Śūla (spear).\* Deeds with this are : Āsphoṭana, Kṣolana, Bhedana, Trāsana, Āndolana and Āghāta. (3) \*Tomara (iron club).\* Deeds with this are : Dṛṣṭighāta Pārśvāghāta, Rjupakṣa and Iṣṭaprāpta. (4) \*Gada (Mace).\* Deeds with this are : Gomūtra, Āhata, Prabhūta, Kamalāsana, Tata, Ūrdhvagātra, Vāmanamita, Dakṣiṇamita, Āvṛtta, Parāvṛtta, Pādoddhūta, and Avapluta Haṃsamarda. (5) \*Paraśu (axe).\* Deeds with this are : Karāla, Avaghāta, Daṃśa, Upapluta, Kṣiptahasta, Sthita and Śūnya, (6) \*Mudgara (hammer).\* Deeds with this are : Tāḍana. Chedana, Cūrṇana, Plavana and Ghātana. (7) \*Bhindipāla.\* Deeds with this are : Saṃśrānta, Viśrānta, Govisarga and Sudurdhara. Deeds with the Laguḍa are the same as these. (8) \*Vajra.\* Deeds with this are: Antya, Madhya, Pārāvṛtta, and Nideśānta. The deeds with Paṭṭiśa are the same as there. (9) \*Kṛpāṇa (Churikā—small dagger).\* Deeds with these are : Haraṇa, Chedana, Ghātana, Bhedana, Mṛkṣaṇa, Pātana and Sphoṭana. (10) \*Kṣepiṇī (Kaviṇa—Sling).\* Deeds are Trāsana, Rakṣaṇa, Ghātana, Baloddharaṇa and Āyata. The feats of one who fights a bludgeon or cudgel are the following: Santyāga, Avadaṃśa, Varāhoddhūtaka, Hastāvahasta, Ālina, Ekahasta, Avahasta, Dvihasta, Bāhupāśa, Kaṭirecita, Utgata, Uroghāta, Lalāṭaghāta, Bhujavidhamana, Karoddhūta, Vimāna, Pādāhati, Vipādika Gātrasamśleṣaṇa, Sānta, Gātraviparyaya, Ūrdhraprahāra, Ghāta, Gomūtra, Savya, Bhakṣiṇa. Pāraka, Tāraka, Daṇḍa, Ākula, Kabaribandha, Tiryagbandha, Apāmārga, Bhimavega, Sudarśana, Siṃhākrānta, Gajākrānta and Garbhākrānta. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 249-252). - [Previous: c5.563](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.563) - [Next: c5.565.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.565.1) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.564](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.564) · Pramāṇa