OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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130. Maitryam arat prsthabhage parsvayorva balam nyaset, 260 



131. Asyate ksipyate yat tu mantrayantragnibhisca tat 

 astram tadanyatah sastram asikuntadikam ca yat. 



132. Astram tu dvividham jfieyam nalikam mantrikam 

 tatha. 



133. Yada tu mantrikam nasti nalikam tatra dharayet 



saha sastrena nrpatirvijayartham tu sarvada. 265 



134. Laghudirghakaradharabhedaih sastrastranamakam 

 prathayanti navam bhinnam vyavaharaya tad vidah. 



135. Nalikam dvividham jfieyam brhatksudravibhedatah. 



136. Tiryagurdbvacchidramulam nalam pancavitastikam ; 

 mulagrayorlaksyabheditilabinduyutam sada. 270 



130. He should place the friendly army near in the rear or on 



both sides. 



131. Whatever is thrown or cast by incantation, machine or fire Projectiles 



is a projectile, what is different is a weapon like the weapons, 

 sword, the spear, &c. 



132. The projectile weapon must be known to be of two kinds, [j^arms 



that consisting of tubes and that thrown by incantation, guna, 



and other 



133. If here there are no incantation-arms a king should always weapons. 



keep for the sake of victory the tubular arms together 

 with other weapons. 



134. According as a new weapon and missile varies in its size, 



whether it is small or large, in its shape or blade, 

 experts name it differently. 



135. The tubular weapon should be known as being of two 



kinds, divided into large and small. 



136. The tube is five spans long, its breech has a perpendicular ^ ua - 



and horizontal hole, at the breech and muzzle is always 

 fixed a sesambead for aligning the sights. 



