04-04-2006, 08:52 PM
[quote=vsubrama001,Apr 4 2006, 03:59 AM]
taittirIya AraNyaka 1.5.1 talks about agni-jhiva (see http://www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/ta-01.pdf) and not Shataghni.
Please look at TA 1.5.1 again.
Note that despite the late dates claimed for kAlachakra and known late dates for bhojadeva they were often drawing from far more ancient sources. In the case of the latter the citations to pre-Islamic authorities are clear.
The congruence of names between the arthashAstra weapons and the latter are also suggestive of the early origins.
taittirIya AraNyaka 1.5.1 talks about agni-jhiva (see http://www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/ta-01.pdf) and not Shataghni.
Please look at TA 1.5.1 again.
Note that despite the late dates claimed for kAlachakra and known late dates for bhojadeva they were often drawing from far more ancient sources. In the case of the latter the citations to pre-Islamic authorities are clear.
The congruence of names between the arthashAstra weapons and the latter are also suggestive of the early origins.