[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c49.13 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.13 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.13 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.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’. - [Previous: v2.c49.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.12) - [Next: v2.c49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.14) - [Up: v2.c49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.3.3.79) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.13) · Pramāṇa