Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1023

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ASTRA. After killing the demoness, Tāṭakā, Viśvāmitra reveals to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa the secret of using a great many varieties of Divyāstras (Divyāstra is a missile charged with power by holy incantation). Some of those astras are named below:
1. Daṇḍacakra 2. Dharmacakra
3. Kālacakra 4. Viṣṇucakra
5. Indracakra 6. Vajrāstra
7. Śaivaśūla 8. Aiṣīka
9. Brahmaśirāstra 10. Brahmāstra
11. Modakīśikharī 12. Dharmapāśa
13. Kālapāśa 14. Vāruṇāstra
15. Vāyavyāstra 16. Paramāstra
17. Pinākāstra 18. Nārāyaṇāstra
19. Āgneyāstra 20. Śikharāstra
21. Vāyavyāstra 22. Prathanāstra
23. Krauñcāstra 24. Hayaśśirāstra
25. Kaṅkālāstra 26. Musalāstra
27. Kapālāstra 28. Kaṅkaṇāstra
29. Mānavāstra 30. Prasthāpanāstra
31. Praśamanāstra 32. Saurāstra
33. Varṣāstra 34. Śoṣaṇāstra
35. Santāpanāstra 36. Vilāpanāstra
37. Madanāstra 38. Mohāstra
39. Saumanāstra 40. Saṃvartāstra
41. Satyāstra 42. Māyādharāstra
43. Tejaprabhāstrā 44. Saumyāstra
45. Śiśirāstra 46. Tvāṣṭāstra
47. Sudāmanāstra