WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Agneya Bow
A requested fire-associated bow label, distinct from Agneyastra.
Unranked
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WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Anjalika Arrow
Arjuna’s Anjalika missile is associated with the killing of Karna in the Karna Parva.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Ankusha
The goad is a ritual and iconographic attribute of Ganesha and other deities.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Ashvina Bow
A requested Ashvin-associated bow name whose precise textual identity remains unverified.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Asi
Asi is the primordial sword of the Mahabharata’s discourse on the origin of the sword.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Brahmadanda
Vasishtha’s spiritual staff confronts Vishvamitra’s weapons in the Bala Kanda account.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Chandrahasa
Shaiva and Ramayana traditions associate the Chandrahasa sword with Shiva’s gift to Ravana.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Gada
The mace is a weapon class central to Bhima and Duryodhana’s duel and Balarama’s martial teaching.
Unranked
WeaponItihasa / Mahabharata
Gandiva
Gandiva is the celestial bow wielded by Arjuna. The Mahabharata’s Adi Parva describes its presentation to him in the Khandava episode.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Girisa Bow
A requested Girisha-associated bow designation; an independent object identity is not established here.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Hala
Balarama’s plough is both an agricultural emblem and a weapon in his narratives.
Unranked
WeaponVaishnava / Puranic
Kaumodaki
Kaumodaki is Vishnu’s mace; its personified form is retained as a tradition note rather than a second ranked being.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Kauverya Bow
A requested Kubera-associated bow reading; variant spelling and identity require verification.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Khatvanga
The khatvanga occurs in ascetic and Bhairava iconography; it is distinct from the king named Khatvanga.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Kodanda
Kodanda names Rama’s bow in devotional and iconographic usage; it need not denote a single uniform origin story.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Mahendra Bow
A requested divine bow label. A distinct named object and transmission history have not been verified here.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Musala
The pestle or club is associated with Balarama; the iron pestle of the Yadava destruction is a separate narrative context.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Nandaka
Nandaka is the sword associated with Vishnu’s divine armament.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Parashu
The axe is closely associated with Parashurama; Shaiva iconography also includes an axe.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Paulastya Bow
A requested Paulastya bow designation. Do not infer ownership by Ravana without an identified passage.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Pinaka
Shiva’s bow is associated with the Janaka court and Rama’s bow-breaking episode.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Raudra Bow
A requested Rudra-associated bow designation whose equivalence with Pinaka is not assumed.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Shakti
Shakti is a weapon class; this record is distinct from Shakti as divine feminine power and from Vasavi Shakti.
Unranked
WeaponEpic / Puranic traditions
Sharanga
Vishnu’s bow, also associated with Krishna, is distinct from Arjuna’s Gandiva.
Unranked
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