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from the other (VII.13.51-53). Most of the sheilds were decorated on the exterior with gold. These decorations consisted either of gold networks (VI.67.28; VII.114.50) or more commonly, of motifs such as stars and crescents (VI.50.25, 56.17; VII.13.51; VIII.9.30, 24.73). The crescent was a favorite motif, with the number varying from a 8 to a 100, to a 1000 (II.66.14%; VIII.62.23; X.8.53), but the pattern of a 100 crescents was the most popular (VI.49.30, 83.30, 112. 19; VII.90.30, 91.40, 164.149; VIII.9.27, 17.86, 38.98; XI.18.17), so much a part and parcel of the sheild, that very often the epithet "satacandra" alone was used to denote a sheild (VI.78.31; VII.72.28, 164.135, 137; VIII. 42.35; IX.25.15; X.8.80). These motifs were cut out from gold sheets (VI.50.25) and attached like applique to the leather. The beautiful effect of these decorations is brought out by the poet when he describes the sheild of Siva as the dome of the sky studded with stars and planets (VIII.24.73). Jayadratha's sheild adorned with peacock feathers and small kinki峁噄 bells (VII.12.57) was probably the only exception. II. Cutting Weapons To the second group of cutting weapons belong 1 Battle axes 489