silapadikaram is not pre-islamic, it older, its dated 3rd centuray AD.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->rytha, Why dont you write the Tamil word for the 'automatic' bow in English and save us the agony?First the tamil word in english and then its meaning.
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valinthu thane eyyum einthra vil
{bending itself throwing machinated bow}
i have given word by word translation above.
Actually that para there has lots of machines, when i asked my guys to take a look.
Here is one another
sitraambhukal vaithu ayyum einthram
{small arrows place throw forward machine}
einthram is machine in tamil
one another
nootrou kolli
{hundered killer}
killer of hunderds
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->rytha, Why dont you write the Tamil word for the 'automatic' bow in English and save us the agony?First the tamil word in english and then its meaning.
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valinthu thane eyyum einthra vil
{bending itself throwing machinated bow}
i have given word by word translation above.
Actually that para there has lots of machines, when i asked my guys to take a look.
Here is one another
sitraambhukal vaithu ayyum einthram
{small arrows place throw forward machine}
einthram is machine in tamil
one another
nootrou kolli
{hundered killer}
killer of hunderds