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<p>2402:8100:227A:5C4A:7B03:4B58:EDEF:D80D: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)</p> <hr /> <div>{{About||the district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia|Sharanga (urban-type settlement)}}<br /> {{use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}<br /> {{use Indian English|date=December 2016}}<br /> {{more citations needed|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox weapon|<br /> | image = Sculpture of Vishnu at Rani ki Vav Gujrat DSCN4834 11.tif<br /> | caption = Rama depicted as a four-armed Vishnu with a bow<br /> | name = Kodanda or Sharanga<br /> | designer = [[Vishvakarma]]<br /> | used_by = [[Vishnu]]&lt;br&gt;[[Parasurama]]&lt;br&gt;[[Rama]]&lt;br&gt;[[Krishna]]&lt;br&gt;[[Lakshmi]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Sharanga''' ([[Devanagari]]: शारंग) is the celestial [[Bow (weapon)|bow]] of the Hindu god [[Vishnu]]. In [[South India]], Sharanga is also called as '''Kodanda'''. Vishnu's avatar [[Rama]] is often praised as ''Kodandapani'', the holder of the Kodanda.<br /> <br /> The bow was crafted by [[Viswakarma]], the Cosmic architect and maker of weapons, along with the [[Shiva Dhanush|Pinaka]], the bow of [[Shiva]]. Once, the god [[Brahma]] wanted to know who was a better archer, Vishnu or Shiva. Brahma created a quarrel between the two, which led to a terrible duel. The impact of their fight was such that the balance of the entire universe was disturbed. Vishnu won the duel and rendered Pinaka immovable just by uttering 'hum'. {{cn|date=January 2021}} Shiva gave his Pinaka bow to a king, who was an ancestor of King [[Janaka]] and Vishnu too decided to do the same, and gave his bow to the Sage Richika. In time, Sharanga came into the possession of [[Parashurama]], the sixth avatar of Vishnu and Richika's grandson.<br /> <br /> Rama obtained the Saranga bow from Parashurama and then gave the bow to the god [[Varuna]]. Varuna gifted the Saranga again to [[Krishna]], the eighth avatar of Vishnu who used it against his fight with the different asura kings like Banasura, Narakasura. [[Satyabhama]], the wife of Krishna and avatar of goddess [[Bhumi]], fought Asura king [[Narakasura]] with the Saranga bow and defeated him.<br /> <br /> In poems written by [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu]], the poet used words like Kodandapani to refer to Rama. Even [[Mirabai]] referred to Krishna as Kodandadhari.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Pinaka (Hinduism)|Pinaka]]<br /> * [[Gandiva]]<br /> * [[Vijaya (bow)|Vijaya]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}{{Vaishnava philosophy}}<br /> [[Category:Weapons in Hindu mythology]]<br /> [[Category:Bows (archery)]]</div>

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