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Entry मौसल
मौसलmausalaa.(-ली f.) [मुसल-अण्]
(-लीFeminine) मुसल-अण्
Formed like a club, club-shaped.
Fought with clubs (as a battle).
Relating to the battle with clubs (as a parvan; in this parvan (Mb. 16th) is narrated the death of Kṛiṣṇa and Balarāma, and the self-destruction of Kṛiṣṇa's family through the curse of Brāhmaṇas).
Derived forms and compounds
-लः A kind of madhuparka.
-लम् The destruction of Yādavas in the battle with clubs; वज्रस्तस्याभवद्यस्तु मौसलादवशेषितः Bhāg.1.9.37.