Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe. The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. So please all do me a favor and stop calling hand axes, hatchets. It is not the size of the tool, but the shape of its head that makes all the differences.
While Siddhartha was among the samanas, he learnt the ascetic way of life, whereby he was able to achieve a higher level of self discipline and abstinence from worldly pleasures.hile Siddhartha was among the samanas, he learnt the ascetic way of life, whereby he was able to achieve a higher level of self discipline and abstinence from worldly pleasures.
1 Govinda is impressed. 2  Siddhartha has learned a lot from the Samanas. 3  Govinda argues that Siddhartha could have learned to walk on water if he had continued with the Feats of Strength. NEXT. 2  Govinda and Siddhartha find some Samanas and join them in their Who Can Go the Longest Without Eating contest. 3  Siddhartha gives away his clothes, begins fasting for long periods, and eats only once a day when heâs not fasting.