A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c16.s1.34

v1.c16.s1.34

The correct rendering should be as follows :—" The king sha not slay his enemies in warfare with deceitful or barbed or poisoned weapons, nor with any having a blade made red hot by fire or tipped with burning materials"; Bühler, who also follows the above commentators, thus translates : "when he (the king) fights with his foes in battle, let him not strike with weapons concealed (in wood), nor with (such as are) barbed, poisoned, or the points of which are blazing with fire." Whereas Halhed's version is : "the magistrate shall not make war with any deceitful machine or with poisoned weapons or with cannon and guns or with any other kind of firearms."