Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.13

v2.c49.13

*Ayoghana* or *Ayoghaṇa* : metallic (iron) hammer or forge hammer-whereby the iron is deformed. Here the iron metal is clearly indicated.(3.3.82). The text 3.3.79 — 3.3.83 explains the use of *ghan* equivalent to *han* — destroy or deform. *Udghana* means carpenter’s bench. *Vighana* means hammer or mallet. *Drughana* or *Drughaṇa* means an axe (3.3.82). *Stambaghana* means small hoe for weeding clumps of grass. *Parigha* or *Paligha* (3.3.84 and 8.2.22) means ‘an iron beam used for locking or shutting the gate, an iron club’.