मल्लपुराण (ज्येष्ठिमल्ल - प्राचीन भारतीय मल्लविद्या, अखाड़ा व्यायाम व कुश्ती महाग्रन्थ)

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Fig. 5
Vajramuṣṭi Wrestling : End
Fig. 6
Vajramuṣṭi : the smaller Vajramuṣṭis are for games and the bigger for warfare.
[ By the Courtesy of Madras Museum. ]

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carry out the order o
this place, in the vill
In Gujarat the
their art upto the en
tinued in the 17th a
go as guards with m
part.
But in early 1
Jyeṣṭīmallas; so in
bad (Deccan). Th
of Vajramuṣṭi wres
extinction, if proper
served it so far.
Vajramuṣṭi Wrestler
The Vajramu
officer Panchamsin
Jeṭhī at Surapur.
and were looked af
The Vajramu
Daśerā and when
century in Baroda.
pitiable condition.
tion of a number o
up different profes
physical culture i
some of the practi
The training
Prior to this, they
are taught free-ha
These exercises in
running, jumping
used as warming
given in the form
They not only hel
as to develop the
There are sp
the waist and agi
physique for furt
¹ Mānikrā
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