The fierce warrior Arjuna then rubbed his bow-string with his arm and sent hosts of cloth yard shafts and arrows called Nalikas i.e. shafts headed with boar's ears and razors and Angalikas i.e. half moon-shaped arrows.
ततोऽर्जुनः प्रासृजदुग्रधन्वा भुजाबुभौ गाण्डिवं चानुमृज्य। नाराजनालीकवराहकर्णान् क्षुरांस्तथा साञ्जलिकार्धचन्द्रान्॥