https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=MudgarMudgar - Revision history2026-09-06T20:48:41ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mudgar&diff=368016&oldid=prevBot: robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.2022-09-13T13:09:33Z<p>robot: Create/upgrade articles. If there is a mistake please report on my <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bot" title="User talk:Bot">talk page</a>.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{multiple image|perrow=2|total_width=250|caption_align=center<br />
| align = right<br />
| direction =horizontal<br />
| header="Mudgarpani" Yaksha<br>Mathura, 100 BCE<br />
| image1 = Mudgarpani Yaksha, Mathura, 100 BCE.jpg<br />
| footer_align = center<br />
| footer=[[Mudgarpani]] ("Mace-holder") [[Yaksha]], [[Art of Mathura]], 100 BCE.<ref name="SRQF88"/> This colossal statue in the round is 1.96 meters tall.<ref name="SRQF88">Dated 100 BCE in Fig.88 in {{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |page=368, Fig. 88|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004155374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA368 |language=en}}</ref> The right hand holds a mudgar, the left hand used to support a small standing devotee or child joining hands in prayer.<ref>Fig. 85 in {{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004155374 |page=Fig.85, p.365 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA365 |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
A '''Mudgar''' is a type of "''[[Gada (mace)|Gada]]''" mace from India, and it is generally considered to be made of wood, but can also be made of iron.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulletin of the Victoria Memorial |date=1973 |publisher=Trustees of the Victoria Memorial. |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEUwAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> <br />
<br />
==Usage==<br />
The ''mudgar'' appears is ancient Indian sculptures, where it is commonly held [[Yaksha]] deities, known as "Mudgarpanis" (Mudgar-holders).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Handa |first1=Devendra |last2=Agrawal |first2=Ashvini |title=Ratna-chandrikā: Panorama of Oriental Studies : Shri R.C. Agrawala Festschrift |date=1989 |publisher=Harman Publishing House |isbn=978-81-85151-29-8 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KEtAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><br />
<br />
An ancient [[Jain]] story named the ''Antagadadasao'' tell the story of a man named Ajjunaka who was worshipping the image of the "Yaksa who held a mace", when he was attacked by five bandits, an event which shaked is devotion to the Yashka. Afterwards the Yaksa possessed Ajjunaka, giving him the strength to kill the five bandits.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Ramesh Chandra |title=The Splendour of Mathurā Art and Museum |date=1994 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |isbn=978-81-246-0015-3 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-vVAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><br />
<br />
Nowadays, for training purposes when using [[Indian club]]s, one or two wooden gada ("mudgar"), reaching up to 70 kilograms in weight, can be used: they can be swung behind the back in several different ways; this is particularly useful for building grip strength and shoulder endurance.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBYz5jgA4-8C&pg=PA88|title=Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice|last1=Kasulis|first1=Thomas P.|last2=Aimes|first2=Roger T.|last3=Dissanayake|first3=Wimal|date=1993|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791410806|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=574592&partId=1|title=Mudgar exercise-club|website=British Museum|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Examples==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Yaksha Carrying Human Figure and Mudgar - 2nd Century BCE - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6089.JPG|thumb|Yaksha holding mudgar and child. [[Art of Mathura]], 100 BCE.<ref>Dated 100 BCE in Fig. 85 {{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004155374 |page=Fig.85, p.365 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA365 |language=en}}</ref><br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Mace (bludgeon)]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Indian martial arts}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Weapons in Hindu mythology]]<br />
[[Category:Indian melee weapons]]<br />
[[Category:Weapons of India]]<br />
[[Category:Clubs (weapon)]]</div>Bot