Dear Harry,

This takes us back to an old thread, but I just recalled a good section on the topic in H. Daniel Smith,

A Sourcebook of VaiSNava Iconography (Madras 1969), ch. 8, "Decorations, weapons and instruments of worship).

best,

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Names and descriptions of indian weapons in sanskrit

Thank you those who answered me on-list: Walter Slaje, John Huntington, Dermot Killingley and Matthew Kapstein.

And thank you to those who answered me off-list.

George Hart,who pointed me to Paripāṭal, translated by Gros , the Divyaprabandham and the Siva Tirumuṟai

Loriliei Bierniacki, who pointed me to Gudruun Buhnemann’s work on deities,

Saran Suebsantiwongse who pointed me to list of weapons in the glossary of Vasista’s Dhanurvedasamhitā translated by Purnima Roy.

Harry Spier

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear list members,

Would anyhow have or be able to point to articles or lists of names and descriptions of weapons in sanskrit. In particular names and descriptions of weapons described as being held in the hands of gods and goddesses .in the different stotras and descriptions of those deities.

Thanks,

Harry Spier