मंडल

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Maṇḍala : m.: Name of a particular arrangement of the army (vyūha).

Described as bristling with many weapons (nānāśastrasamākula) 6. 77. 12; very large (sumahāvyūha); difficult to be penetrated (durbhedya); difficult to be reached by the enemies (arīṇāṁ durāsadaḥ) 6. 77. 20; very terrible (paramadāruṇa) 6. 77. 21; Bhīṣma arranged the Kaurava army according to this vyūha on the seventh day of the war 6. 77. 11-12; it faced the west (pratyaṅmukha) 6. 77. 20; it was surrounded on all sides by many thousands of chariots, large troops of horsemen holding ṛṣṭis and tomaras; every elephant was guarded by seven chariots, and every chariot by seven horsemen; near every horseman were stationed ten archers, and seven swordsmen (carmiṇaḥ lit. ‘holding shields’) stood guard near every archer 6. 77. 13-14; to counter the Maṇḍalavyūha the Pāṇḍavas used the Vajravyūha 6. 77. 21.


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Maṇḍala : m.: Name of a particular arrangement of the army (vyūha).

Described as bristling with many weapons (nānāśastrasamākula) 6. 77. 12; very large (sumahāvyūha); difficult to be penetrated (durbhedya); difficult to be reached by the enemies (arīṇāṁ durāsadaḥ) 6. 77. 20; very terrible (paramadāruṇa) 6. 77. 21; Bhīṣma arranged the Kaurava army according to this vyūha on the seventh day of the war 6. 77. 11-12; it faced the west (pratyaṅmukha) 6. 77. 20; it was surrounded on all sides by many thousands of chariots, large troops of horsemen holding ṛṣṭis and tomaras; every elephant was guarded by seven chariots, and every chariot by seven horsemen; near every horseman were stationed ten archers, and seven swordsmen (carmiṇaḥ lit. ‘holding shields’) stood guard near every archer 6. 77. 13-14; to counter the Maṇḍalavyūha the Pāṇḍavas used the Vajravyūha 6. 77. 21.


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*1st word in left half of page p127_mci (+offset) in original book.