03-28-2006, 06:11 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Mar 28 2006, 12:13 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Mar 28 2006, 12:13 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->A litteral translation would not be useful for instance a hydraulic ram was translated as a water goat.
Can you give a context and some description of where the word occurs in a passage? Some of the more knowledgable folks can provide the contextual meaning.
I wonder if Artha shastra describes any seige engines? What about Megasthenes?
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Ramana, Arthashastra DOES refer to the Sarvathobhadra along with quite a number of offensive and defensive contraptions. Some of them include machines which spits out arrows continuously. LN Rangarajan's version has an appendix with the names. I am just moving to a new house, my Arthashastra copy is somewhere in a box. I will try and post the names of the cotnraptions when time permits.
Can you give a context and some description of where the word occurs in a passage? Some of the more knowledgable folks can provide the contextual meaning.
I wonder if Artha shastra describes any seige engines? What about Megasthenes?
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Ramana, Arthashastra DOES refer to the Sarvathobhadra along with quite a number of offensive and defensive contraptions. Some of them include machines which spits out arrows continuously. LN Rangarajan's version has an appendix with the names. I am just moving to a new house, my Arthashastra copy is somewhere in a box. I will try and post the names of the cotnraptions when time permits.