sentence: during the kurukshetra war , the weapons used included : the bow , the weapon of choice for arjuna , bhishma , drona , karna , satyaki , vikarna and abhimanyu ; the mace , chosen by bhima and duryodhana , the spear , chosen by yudhistira and shalya ; the sword chosen by nakula , dushasana , dhristadymna and other kauravas ; and the axe chosen by sahadeva .