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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2720

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2720

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### [c7.2720](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2720)

(21) In the fierce battle that ensued between Arjuna and Karṇa, Kṛṣṇa pressed down the platform of the chariot when the latter shot the nāgāstra (the serpent arrow). The arrow flew off with Arjuna's crown. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 90).

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