Niyodhaka

Niyodhaka

The trained prizefighter in Sanskrit is known as the Niyodhaka.

In Sanskrit, Niyodhaka are the combatants who are either a wrestler or boxer or a swordsman. In some parts of India the Niyodhaka fights with gauntlets, protective gloves used as a form of armour, armed with steel spikes.

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