मुष्टिहन् (muSTihan)

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Capeller Eng

English

 मुष्टिह॑न् m.
  fighting hand to hand. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मुष्टि—ह॑न् mfn.
   striking with the fist,  fighting hand to hand,  RV.
  
 AV.
  

Vedic Reference

English

 Muṣṭi-han, ^1 Muṣṭi-hatyā, ^2 in the Rigveda and the Atharva-
veda denote. respectively,  the ‘hand to hand fighter’ — that is, 
the ordinary warrior as opposed to the charioteer,  and the
‘fight’ itself. So also in the Atharvaveda^3 the charioteer
(rathin) is opposed to the foot-soldier (patti),  and in the
Rigveda^4 the chariots are opposed to the troops (grāma) of the
infantry. The parallel of the Greek and other Āryan races
shows that the Kṣatriyas were the fighters from chariots,  while
the ordinary host fought on foot.
1) Rv. v. 58,  4
 vi. 26,  2
 viii. 20,  20
 Av. v. 22,  4.
2) Rv. i. 8,  2.
3) vii. 62,  1.
4) i. 100,  10.
Cf. Zimmer,  Altindisches Leben,  297.

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Capeller

German

 मुष्टिह॑न् m.
  Faustkämpfer.

Grassman

German

 muṣṭi-hán,  a.,  m.,  Faustkämpfer,  im Handgemenge kämpfend.
-ā́ {412, 4} (bāhújūtas)
 {467, 2} (góṣu yudhyán)
 {640, 20}.

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