557:5 The terms here used are technical, and refer to the established modes of wrestling amongst Hindu athletæ. 1. Sannipáta is described 'mutual laying hold of.' 2. Avadúta, 'letting go of the adversary.' g. Kshepańa, 'pulling to, and casting back.' 4. Musht́inipáta, 'striking with fists.' 5. Kílanipáta, 'striking with the elbow.' 6. Vajranipáta, 'striking with the fore-arm.' 7. Jánunirgháta, 'pressing or striking with the knees.' 8. Báhuvighat́t́ana, 'interlacing the arms.' 9. Pádoddhúta, kicking.' 10. Prasrisht́á, 'intertwining of the whole body.' In some copies another term occurs, Aśmanirgháta, 'striking with stones,' or 'striking blows as hard as with stones;' for stones could scarcely be used in a contest specified as 'one without weapons'

557:6 Krishńa contended with Cháńúra, 'who through distress and anger shook the flowers of his crest;' The two last terms are explained, the flower of the wreath on his head.'

558:7 Et latus mediam sulcus diducit arenam.

'The yielding sand being furrowed into a ditch or a water-course, by the dead bodies being dragged over it. The text is, ###.

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