Wars and War-Tactics in Ancient India by Uma Prasad Thapliyal

Author:Uma Prasad Thapliyal [Thapliyal, Uma Prasad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Asia, India & South Asia, Military, Ancient
ISBN: 9781000397710
Google: 3gAaEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-04-21T01:40:23+00:00

PĀŚA TACTICS

Pāśa literally means a noose or snare. In scriptures it is said to be an attribute of Varuna and Yama. In the Agni Purāṇa eleven tactics of fighting with pāśa are mentioned.129 These include parāvṛta, apāvṛta, grahīta, laghu, urdhvakṡipla, adhahkṡipta, saṅdhārila. vidhārita, śyenapāta, gajapāta and grāhagrāhya.130 Another view was that there were only five ways of hurling pāśa, viz., rijva, āyata, viśāla, triyaga and bhrāmita,131 The use of pāśa has been described in detail in the Agni Purāṇa.132

It is said that a pāśa should measure ten cubits in length, its end should terminate in a loop and its face-end should be retained in the hand. The noose should be taken hold of with the left hand, then taken over in the right hand and cast by whirling it round over the head.133

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