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33. The rucira (the glittering). 



34. The pitrya (the paternal). 



35. The saumanasa (the good-minded). 



36. The vidhuta (the vibrating). 



37. The makara (the monster). 



38. The karavlra (the scymitar). 



39. The dhanarati (the desire of wealth), 



40. The dhdnya (the grain). 



41. The kdmarupaka (the shape-assumer). 



42. Thejrmbaka (the gaper). 



43. The tivarana (the protecting). 



44. The moha (the fascinating), 



45. The Mmaruci (following one's own wishes), 



46. The vdruna (the missile of Varuna). 



47. The sarvadamana (the all-subduer). 



48. The sandhdna (the aimer). 



49. The sarpandthaka (the missile belonging to the god of 



serpents), 



50. The kankdldstra (the skeleton missile). 



51. The mausaldstra (the pestle missile). 



52. The kdpdldstra (the skull missile). 



53. The kankana (the bracelet weapon). 



54. The paisdcdstra (the infernal missile). 



The Sopasamhara weapons are contained in the 29th Sarga 

 of Schlegel's edition of the Balakanda, while the TTpasam- 

 hara weapons are mentioned mostly in the 30th canto. 



The last five weapons are peculiar to the demons, while 

 five other weapons are on the other hand most effective against 

 these demons and cause their destruction ; they are found 

 under the numbers 1, 9, 25, 41, and 47. 



These 44 Sopasamhara and 54 Upasamhara weapons repre- 

 sent the Muktamukta class, and they are deposited in the 

 third foot of the Dhanurveda. They represent the belief so 

 widely spread in India that the knowledge of certain spells 

 endowed their owner with supernatural power, of which power 

 these mysterious weapons are the outward token. To a 

 person not within the pale of Brahmanism they appear like 



