Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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intendents of your city-police, and these generals (anikapati) are the chiefs of your army. These Prakirṇaka gods are the subjects in the city and country. Your Majesty, they will bear on their heads the purity of your command. The Abhiyogyas, suitable to be used as conveyances by you, serve you here. The Kilbiṣika gods perform your menial tasks. The palaces, made of jewels, possessing court-yards very beautiful with beautiful young women, giving pleasure to the mind, are yours.
I. cakra, discus,
2. dhanus, bow,
3. vajra, thunderbolt,
4. khadga, sword,
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5. kṣurikā, knife,
6. tomara, javelin (Hindi),
7. kunta, lance,
8. trisula, trident, 9. sakti, spear,
IO. parašu, axe, II. makṣikā ?
12. bhalli, a kind of spear or lance (PH s. v.). This is also the vernacular meaning, though MW quotes a kind of
arrow.'
13. bhindimāla, sling. Occurs in Marathi (bhindipāla).
14. muşti, hilt? 15. lunthi?
16. sanku, dart,
17. pāśa, noose,
18. pattiśa, 'spear with sharp
edge or some other weapon with three points' (MW),
19. rşti, spear, lance, sword,' (MW),
20. kanaya (kanaka), arrow (PH desi),
kampana ?
21.
22.
hala, plough.share,
23.
muśala, mace,
24. gulika, a ball as a missle,
25. kartari, knife. (H. katar), karapatra, saw,
26.
taravāri, one-edged sword,
kuddāla, pick-axe (H and M), dusphota ?
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34. 35.
gophani, sling (PH),
daha? perhaps a fire-arm of
some kind,
daccusa ?
mudgara, hammer,
gadā, club,
ghana, iron club,
mace,
weapon shaped like a hammer' (MW),
36. karavālikā, a cudgel, short
club, or wooden sword, a sword or one-edged knife' (MW).
In the Pracinagurjarakāvyasangraha (GOS XIII, pp. 106-107) there is another list of 36, which also contains quite a number with unknown meaning. The Lekhapaddhati (GOS XIX, p. 97) gives a list of 40 weapons, and the Ratnakośa (ms. in the Baroda Oriental Institute, p. 17) gives a list of 30. These are all the Jain lists I have found. 4