Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2229

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2229

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c8.2229

PINĀKA. The bow of Śiva. Pināka was formerly the three-forked spike of Śiva. Once it fell down from the hands of Śiva and on falling down took the shape of a bow. From then onwards it was used as a bow. See under Pāśupata. (Chapter 38, Sabhā Parva; Chapter 141, Anuśāsana Parva; Chapter 289, Śānti Parva).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit