https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=2409%3A4053%3A397%3A6537%3A0%3A0%3A130A%3AD8A4 2026-08-27T18:29:18Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharanga&diff=262387 2021-11-20T13:51:15Z

<p>2409:4053:397:6537:0:0:130A:D8A4: </p> <hr /> <div>{{About||the district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia|Sharangsky District|similarly titled articles|Kodanda (disambiguation)}}<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 /> | 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]]. Other weapons of Vishnu include the [[Sudarshana Chakra]], the [[Narayanastra]], the [[Vaishnavastra]], the [[Kaumodaki]] [[gada (mace)|mace]], [[Nandaka]] sword. In South India, ([[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]]) Sharanga is also called as [[Kodanda]]. 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 /> This bow was crafted by [[Viswakarma]], the Cosmic architect and maker of weapons, along with the [[Shiva Dhanush|Pinaka]], the bow of [[Shiva]]. Once, [[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 <br /> Pinaka immovable just by uttering 'hum'. {{cn|date=January 2021}} [[Shiva]] gave his [[Shiva Dhanush|Pinaka]] bow to a king, who was an ancestor of King Janaka, the father of Sita 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 /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Pinaka (Hinduism)|Pinaka]]<br /> * [[Gandiva]]<br /> * [[Vijaya (bow)|Vijaya]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons in Hindu mythology]]<br /> [[Category:Bows (archery)]]</div>

2409:4053:397:6537:0:0:130A:D8A4