Weapons that appear in Buddhist scriptures

Abstract

This academic article aims to study the weapons that appear in Buddhist scriptures.

The results of the study found that weapons refer to tools used to kill, destroy, and harm lives, etc. They can be divided into 2 types: 1) Weapons, namely swords, arrows, swords, spears, sticks, guns, etc., which are used to harm, protect, fight, execute, or even objects that can be used to harm, injure or kill are also considered weapons. 2) Dharmavudh, which are weapons that are characteristics of Dharma, used to kill and destroy evil karma, namely: 1) Sutavudh, the weapon is Suta, 2) Paviwekavudh, the weapon is solitude, and 3) Panyavudh, the weapon is wisdom.