History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s1.16
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s1.16
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We learn from the Jātaka stories that after ploughing the clods were broken and the fields were levelled with the help of spade or hoe (Jātaka II.59;V.68). The Amarakośa (II.9.12) implies that loṣṭabhedana was a separate tool for breaking clods. Possibly it was in the nature of a wooden club.
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- Jātaka — Pāli
- Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod) — Classical Tibetan