<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Isn't Hasti = elephant only in Tamil?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No hasti is a sanskrit word, in tamil elephant is "YAnaI".
In silapadikaram(an ancient tamil classic), this is what it says where the weapons in madurai fort
- an automatic bow and arrow
there are other lot of weapons stated here, somebody good in classical tamil can interpret them correctly...
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No hasti is a sanskrit word, in tamil elephant is "YAnaI".
In silapadikaram(an ancient tamil classic), this is what it says where the weapons in madurai fort
- an automatic bow and arrow
there are other lot of weapons stated here, somebody good in classical tamil can interpret them correctly...
<img src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/indiaforum/tamil_weapons.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
http://www.intamm.com/m-science/war.htm#3