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u\ THE WEAPONS USED 



The Hindu delights in large numbers, and to this propen- 

 sity must be ascribed this exorbitant calculation. The popu- 

 lation of the whole earth is generally assumed to amount 

 to 1,075,000,000 souls, and in the Nltiprakasika we are told 

 that a complete army requires a number of men, which 

 surpasses by more than a half the number of all the inhabit- 

 ants of this globe. 



The Sukranlti gives a much more sensible distribution. 

 According to that work the aggregate of the military unit 

 would be 5 chariots, 10 elephants, 40 camels, 64 bulls, 320 

 horses, and 1,280 men. 6 



The formation of an army into different columns is a 

 subject to which great attention was paid. Four different 

 kinds of such columns or vyuhas are enumerated — the Dcmda, 

 JBhoga, Asamhata, and Mandala ; the first had 1 7 varieties, 

 the second 5, the third 6, and the fourth 2. Besides these, 

 five most important columns were not enrolled in any of 

 these four sets ; they were called Varaha, Makara, Garuda, 

 Kraunca, and Pad ma. 1 



10. Pratyahgaistrigunaih sarvaih kramat akhya yathottaram 

 anikinlm dasagimam ahuraksauhinlm budhah. 



11. Senamukhe tu gunitah trayascaiva ratha gajah 

 trimsat trilaksapadatah trisahasram hi vajinah ; &c, &c. 



27. Aksauhinyam tvekaviiiisatsahasrani janadhipa 

 tatha castasatam caiva saptatim rathagam viduh. 



28. Astadasasahasrani dve lakse ca naresvara 

 tatha saptasatam caiva gajanam ganana tviyam. 



29. Dve kotl caiva laksanam astadasa mahipate 

 tatha saptatisahasra gandharvasslghrayayinah. 



30. Dve carbude ca kotiscapyastadasasamiritah 

 laksanam saptatiscaiva padatlnam itiyati. 



6 See Sukranlti, Chapter V, slokas 20, 21. 



7 See Nltiprakasika, vi, 3-9. 



3. Dando bhogo'samhatasca mandala vyuha eva ca 

 \yuhascatvara evaite tesu bhedan bravimyaham. 



4, Pradaro drdhakassatyascapabhasvaksireva ca 

 supratistho'pratisthasca syeno vijayasanjayaa. 



