Praecedit enim eum in spatio circiter octodecim passuum discus onustus

Dehinc ad sex passuum succedit ibidem propinquans Imperatori discus aureus terra nigerrima plenus.

Sunt enim prædicti comitatus in custodiam et honorem personæ Imperatoris, discus vassorum in ostensionem diuitiarum, et maiestatis Imperialis.

[objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot; [weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista &c (arms) 727 [Obs.].

Here are four different semi-circular halls, two of which were destined for philosophers, one for poets and one for orators; baths; a building for tennis or rackets; three open courts, one for the exercise of the discus, one for athletes and one for hurling the javelin.

It hurtled toward me like a discus.

But the Sun and Moon, the watchful Eyes of Night and Day, detected him, and told Wishnu, who cast at him his discus, and cut his body from his head: but not until the nectar was on the way down his throat.

He had four hands, in which he carried a club, a shell, a lotus and a discus; and he rode upon a stallion whose hide glittered like new silver.

The training for the public games was comprised in the pentathlon, or five exercises,which were running, leaping, throwing the discus, wrestling, boxing.

The quoit, or discus, was made of stone or metal, of a circular form, and thrown by means of a thong passing through the centre.

The discus by which the wielder of the Saranga humbleth the pride of Asuras and which is furnished with a beautiful nave, was forged by Viswakarman with thy energy.

When that irrepressible one of mighty armsthe holder of the conch, the discus, and the macereturneth, what shall I say unto him of eyes like lotus leaves?

And saying, "Destroy the car of precious metals together with all those enemies that are in it" I launched with the might of my arms and in wrath with mantras, the great powerful discus Sudarsana which reduceth to ashes in battle Yakshas and Rakshasas and Danavas and kings born in impure tribes, sharp-edged like the razor, and without stain, like unto Yama the destroyer, and incomparable, and which killeth enemies.

And approaching the town of Saubha whose splendour had disappeared, the discus went right through it, even as a saw divideth a tall tree.

And after the town of Saubha had fallen, the discus came back into my hands.

The discus then cleft Salwa in twain who in that fierce conflict was at the point of hurling a heavy mace.

All, however, were 'burnt like moths with the flame of the edge of Krishna's discus.' Note 13, p. 67.

In thy (six) other arms thou bearest a vessel, a lotus, a bell, a noose, a bow, a large discus, and various other weapons.

Surpassing all in knowledge of weapons, resembling a celestial youth in beauty, my son, the mighty-armed Abhimanyu is the favourite nephew of Vasudeva, the wielder of the discus.

Now, if the hermit's daughter bring forth a son with the discus or mark of empire in the lines of his hand, you must admit her immediately into your royal apartments with great rejoicings; if not, then determine to send her back as soon as possible to her father.

With the discus or mark of empire in the lines of his hand.

DISCOBOLUS, THE, an antique statue representing the thrower of the discus, in the Louvre, and executed by the sculptor Myron.