Andrzej Babkiewicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6810636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrzej Babkiewicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrzej |
| FAMILY NAME | Babkiewicz |
| SIGNATURE | BABKIEWICZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Obsolete Weapons in the Mahabharata
The paper deals with four weapons that appear in the Mahabharata, but are never, or only exceptionally, employed in real combat: plough (hala), wheel/disc (cakra), thunderbolt (vajra) and trident (trisula). In each case, an attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of the weapon is made, the textual and material evidence is examined, and a hypothesis is presented as to how the weapon was imagined by the authors and recipients of the epic
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Obsolete Weapons in the Mahabharata
The paper deals with four weapons that appear in the Mahabharata, but are never, or only exceptionally, employed in real combat: plough (hala), wheel/disc (cakra), thunderbolt (vajra) and trident (trisula). In each case, an attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of the weapon is made, the textual and material evidence is examined, and a hypothesis is presented as to how the weapon was imagined by the authors and recipients of the epic
Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · EPIC (1 work) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (1 work) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (1 work) · Literature (1 work)