Pre-modern Warfare:India And Elsewhere

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<!--QuoteBegin-rhytha+Mar 29 2006, 01:22 AM-->QUOTE(rhytha @ Mar 29 2006, 01:22 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->No hasti is a sanskrit word, in tamil elephant is "YAnaI".
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Oh ok thanks. I don't know tamil or sanskrit so you'll have to correct me if I'm wrong. I got this from the Cologne Online Tamil Lexicon where it lists hasti=elephant.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In silapadikaram(an ancient tamil classic), this is what it says where the weapons in madurai fort

- an automatic bow and arrow
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Any details? Pre-islamic invasions?

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->varh (v) (sanskrit)- hinder, conceal
varaḥ (sanskrit_— the biggest or most powerful
varah (sanskrit)- occasion, oppurtunity
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This is what I got for varaka

1 (mwd) varaka 1 m. a cloak L. ; n. cloth L. ; the cover or awning of a boat L.
2 (mwd) varAka mf(%{I})n. wretched , low , miserable , pitiable (mostly said of persons) Ka1v. Katha1s. &c. ; vile , impure (as money) Katha1s. ; m. (only L.) N. of S3iva ; battle , war ; a kind of plant.
3 (mwd) varaka 2 m. one who asks a female in marriage S3a1n3khGr2. ; a wish , request , boon MBh. ; N. of a prince VP. (v.l. %{dhanaka} and %{kanaka}) ; Phaseolus Trilobus L. ; a kind of rice L. ; = %{parpaTa} or %{zara-parNikA} L.
4 (mwd) vAraka m. a <b>restrainer , resister , opposer</b> , an obstacle MBh. ; a kind of vessel Hcat. ; a person's turn or time (%{-keNa} ind. in turn) HParis3. (cf. %{zata-vArakam}) ; one of a horse's paces L. ; a sort of horse or any hñhorse L. ; n. a sort of perfumed or fragrant grass L. ; the seat of pain (= %{kaSTha-sthAna}) L.