Malla-yuddha

Malla-yuddha (Devanagari: मल्लयुद्ध, Tamil:மல்யுத்தம் malyutham;Telugu: మల్ల యుద్ధం;Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಯುದ್ಧ, Bengali: মল্লযুদ্ধ) is the traditional South Asian form of combat-wrestling created in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It is closely related to various Southeast Asian wrestling styles such as Naban.