Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
(Ch. VI
club), musala (pestle), cakla (discus), Kunta (lance), tomara (javelin), süla (trident-spit), lauda (light club), bhindipāla (a small javelin thrown from the hand) savvala (an iron spear), paffisa (battle axe), cammettha (stone covered with leather), duhana (hatchet), mutthiya (dagger), asikhe daga (sword with a shield), khagga (sword), cāpa (bow), nārāca (iron-tipped arrow), kanaka (arrow), kappiņi (a kind of scissors), vāsi (adze), parasu (axe)' and sayagghi, magical missiles, viz. nāgabāņa, tāmasabāņa, paumabāņa, and vahnibānabesides flags, drums and trumpets.
Four types of drums of Kanhavāsudeva are mentioned in the Brhatkal pa-Bhāsya, viz. Komudika', Sangāniyā, Dubbhuiyā, Asivopasaminzó and Sannāhiya.
1 Panhavägarana-pp. 17a, 44 ; Uttaradhyayana 19, 51, 55, 58, 61 f; Ref. to Abhidhānacintā mani 3.446 451 ; Arthaśāstra, p. 110 f.; Rāmāyana, III. 22. 20 ff; See Prsalkur, BhāsaA study' Ch. XVI, p. 414; Mehta-p. 13. 1. p. 171.; Date, G. T.-The Art of war in Ancient India ; Oppert Gustav, Weapons and Armoury Organisation, See the Allahabada Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta for
the reference to a few arms. ? Uttarādhyayana-918; Rāmāyana (1,6.11); Arthaśāstra
p. 110, according to which it is a huge pillar having numerous sharp points on the surface of its body and set up on the top of a fort wall. See also the Mahābhārata --III, (29) 24; Hopkins-J.A.O.S., Vol. 13 p. 300, says Sataghni which was adorned with bulls and shining and hollow was flung and split to pieces by arrows like a sword or a spear. Jovabhigama Sutra-3, p. 152 f; Jambu Sutra Tika-24. p. 124
a ; also refer to the Rāmāyana_1.27. 50. 4 Mahābhārata-1.251, 28. Kaumudi which was referred to as
a mace of Krşqa, had the destructive powers of slaying
every daitya (demon). 6 Pithikā – 356. Asjvopa samini could banish the diseases for
six months by its beating. & Nāyā—16. p. 190. See also Mahābhārata, 1. 244. 38.
Krisna mobilised his forces by beating this drum to march against king Padmanābha.