[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1023 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1023 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1023 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1023) 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 - [Previous: c4.1022](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1022) - [Next: c4.1024](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1024) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1023) · Pramāṇa