Shastra-Nama Mala Purana (Old mala of weapon names) is a versified composition. Included in the Dasam Granth the list is acknowledged to be the work of Guru Gobind Singh. The poem lists weapons of war praising them as protectors and deliverers. It runs to 1318 verses and covers 98 pages in the 24point, 1934 edition in which Patshahi 10 is mentioned, although the usual inscription Sri Mukhvak, i.e. from the Guru`s own lips, is absent. "The three kinds of swords are sure and friendly deliverers, Finishers of the enemy, armor-piercers, They make sure our protection."