Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis)
by S. Anusha | 2016 | 34,012 words
This page relates 鈥楳udgara (Hammer)鈥� of the study on the Nitiprakasika by Vaisampayana which deals primarily with with Dhanurveda, i.e., the science of war, weapons and military strategies of ancient Indian society. It further contains details on Niti-shastra, i.e., the science of politics and state administration but most verses of the Nitiprakashika deal with the classification and description of different varieties of weapons, based on the four groups of Mukta, Amukta, Muktamukta and Mantramukta.
Mudgara (Hammer)
[Full title: War weapons > 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉 > Amukt膩yudhas > Mudgara (Hammer)]
This weapon has two possible movements [V. 36cd]:
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(a) 叠丑谤补尘补峁嘺 [叠丑谤补尘补峁嘺m] (rotary motion) and
(b) 笔腻迟补苍补 [笔腻迟补苍补m] (felling)
础辫补谤腻箩颈迟补辫峁沜肠丑腻 (p. 599) mentions about the measure of the weapon as of sixteen 补峁単耻濒补蝉 and that it has to be of hand-held width:[...]