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The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Malay: gedak) is a blunt mace or club from South Asia. Made entirely of metal, it consists essentially of a spherical head mounted on a shaft, with a spike on the top. The handle is longer than most European or Chinese clubs. Outside India, the gada was also adopted in Maritime Southeast Asia, where it is still used in silat.

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  • Gada (mace)
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  • The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Malay: gedak) is a blunt mace or club from South Asia. Made entirely of metal, it consists essentially of a spherical head mounted on a shaft, with a spike on the top. The handle is longer than most European or Chinese clubs. Outside India, the gada was also adopted in Maritime Southeast Asia, where it is still used in silat.
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  • India
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  • Gada
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  • Mace / Club
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  • Sculpture of Hanuman carrying the Dronagiri mountain, with a gada in his left hand
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  • The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Malay: gedak) is a blunt mace or club from South Asia. Made entirely of metal, it consists essentially of a spherical head mounted on a shaft, with a spike on the top. The handle is longer than most European or Chinese clubs. Outside India, the gada was also adopted in Maritime Southeast Asia, where it is still used in silat. The gada is the main weapon of the Hindu god Hanuman, an avatara of Shiva. As the god of strength, Hanuman is traditionally worshipped by wrestlers in South and Southeast Asia. Vishnu, one of the deities making up the Hindu trimurti, also carries a gada in one of his four hands. In the Mahabharata epic, the fighters Bhima, Duryodhana, Jarasandha, Balarama and others were said to be masters of the gada.
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