Obsolete Weapons in the Mahabharata
An Attempt at Reconstruction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12908582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrzej Babkiewicz (University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Sven Sellmer (0000-0002-6688-0667, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions of South Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2689 • E-ISSN: 1751-2697 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/rosa.24401 |
| OpenAlex | W4328026932 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
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 · Archaeology · Art · EPIC · Literature · Prehistory · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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