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	'''Suryastra''' ([[Sanskrit]] सूर्यस्त्र) is one of the prominent [[Astra (weapon)\|astra]]s in [[Hindu mythological wars\|Hindu epics]]. It is the weapon of the [[hindu god\|Hindu deity]] [[Surya]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAnoDwAAQBAJ&q=Suryastra&pg=PA166\|title=Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects\|isbn=9781476639208\|last1=Bane\|first1=Theresa\|date=29 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> It creates bright energy which destroys darkness, illuminates the sky and dries up water bodies. It was used by multiple warriors including [[Rama]], [[Ravana]], [[Karna]], [[Atikaya]] etc. in [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Puranas]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Section CCLXXXVIII\|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03288.htm\|access-date=2022-08-20\|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=September 2022}}		'''Suryastra''' ([[Sanskrit]] सूर्यस्त्र) is one of the prominent [[Astra (weapon)\|astra]]s in [[Hindu mythological wars\|Hindu epics]]. It is the weapon of the [[hindu god\|Hindu deity]] [[Surya]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAnoDwAAQBAJ&q=Suryastra&pg=PA166\|title=Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects\|isbn=9781476639208\|last1=Bane\|first1=Theresa\|date=29 May 2020}}</ref> It creates bright energy which destroys darkness, illuminates the sky and dries up water bodies. It was used by multiple warriors including [[Rama]], [[Ravana]], [[Karna]], [[Atikaya]] etc. in [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Puranas]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Section CCLXXXVIII\|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03288.htm\|access-date=2022-08-20\|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=September 2022}}

	==Uses==		==Uses==

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{{Short description|A celestial weapon used by warriors in Hindu Epics}}
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'''Suryastra''' ([[Sanskrit]] सूर्यस्त्र) is one of the prominent [[Astra (weapon)|astra]]s in [[Hindu mythological wars|Hindu epics]]. It is the weapon of the [[hindu god|Hindu deity]] [[Surya]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAnoDwAAQBAJ&q=Suryastra&pg=PA166|title=Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects|isbn=9781476639208|last1=Bane|first1=Theresa|date=29 May 2022}}</ref> It creates bright energy which destroys darkness, illuminates the sky and dries up water bodies. It was used by multiple warriors including [[Rama]], [[Ravana]], [[Karna]], [[Atikaya]] etc. in [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Puranas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Section CCLXXXVIII|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03288.htm|access-date=2022-08-20|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2022}}

==Uses==
In Ramayana, [[Atikaya]] used the weapon to Counter [[Lakshmana]]'s Agneyastra.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mopbmlQrc3gC|title=The Mahabharatha: A Child's View|last=Arni|first=Samhita|date=2004-09-15|publisher=Tara Publishing|isbn=9788186211700|language=en}}</ref> When Ravana used it against Rama, it illuminated and blazed the entire sky as well as the moon and other planets.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJe9BAAAQBAJ|title=Pure Gems of Ramayanam|last=aravamudan|first=krishnan|date=2014-09-22|publisher=PartridgeIndia|isbn=9781482837209|language=en}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2022}} In Mahabharata, many warriors such as [[Karna]] and [[Bhisma]] possessed this weapon.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

==See also==
*[[Astra (weapon)|Astra]]

==References==
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