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

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lopment in the sense that originally a horn or a bone might have served to
increase the strength of a blow, but later on the horn might have been cut from
the centre so that a grip could be formed and the regular Vajramuṣṭi might have
developed. The Māḍu seems to have developed straight from the use of an
antler to the idea of making two points for better attack and grip could give
additional protection. Out of these bone and antler things the metallic weapons
might have been copied. But the time factor involved in this development is
unknown; hence this type of development is more hypothetical. A study and
interpretation of the Sanskrit terms suggest that at least by the beginnings of
the Christian era some such tools were already known in India.
Traditionally however instruments of bone are known from the Vedic
period. Indra's Vajra was of bone. In archaeological deposit one has not come
across such a weapon in this country, but the bone points have been discovered
from a number of sites, pointing to the fact that bone was used as an arrow-head,
and for similar use.
These references suggest that this tradition of using instruments of bone is
of very high antiquity and hence Vajramuṣṭi also might be an old weapon.

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एकस्मि
व्यग्रस्
नारायण
देवीं स
नारद उवाच ।
धर्माध
विद्याश्च
मल्लवि
विस्तरे
ब्रह्मोवाच ।
शृणु
यदभ्य
पुरा ब
संप्राप्ते
कृष्णश्च
स्वीकृ
सुखप्र
प्राप्तौ
१ माधुर्यते ह
प्रोक्ता संक्षेपतः पुरा ।