Divine Weapons from Mythology
From Indra's Vajra to Ravana's Chandrahasa, Hindu mythology is host to an arsenal of divine weapons or divyastras that granted great success to and shaped the lives of their wielders.
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Durga’s Weapons Of War
The gods who witnessed the creation of Durga, offered their powerful weapons and adorned her ten arms with the power to destroy the tyrant asura.
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Sudarshan Chakra: The Sacred Discus of Vishnu
Lord Shiva gave Vishnu the Sudarshan Chakra which consists of two discs rotating in opposite directions with each disc having more than a million sharp spikes on its edges.
Indra’s Vajra
Indra first used his Vajra to destroy an asura called Vritra, who is an embodiment of the drought in the Rig Veda.
Karttikeya’s Spear
The celestial weapon wielded by the god of war is the focus of a south Indian festival.
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Tales of Durga
Goddess Durga is as widely worshipped as Vishnu and Shiva. She is the fierce form of Devi who, as Shakti, is considered the personification of universal energy. According to the Devi Bhagavata the Universe is but Her manifestation - and even Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva worship Her. Durga is worshipped in sixty-four forms as Ambika, Kali, Chamundi, Devi, Uma, etc. The worship of Durga is supposed to be more than 4,000 years old in India. The names of Uma and Parvati occur in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and the Kena Upanishad. Some Indologists are of the opinion that the figure seated on a lion in the coins of Azes I, the Shaka ruler (c. 5 B.C. to A.D. 30), represents Ambika or Durga. Durga is worshipped in one form or another in almost every Indian village. This Amar Chitra Katha is based on the Durga-Saptashati of the Markandeya Purana.
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