Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1425

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ŚĀRṄGA. Śrī Kṛṣṇa's bow. The following facts about the bow are gathered from the Mahābhārata.
(i) When Kṛṣṇa exhibited His Viśvarūpa (cosmic form) in the assembly of the Kauravas he had held in one hand this bow. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 131, Verse 10).
(ii) Kṛṣṇa's Śārṅga is on a par with Indra's bow called Vijaya. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 158, Verse 4).
(iii) Śārṅga is one of the three divine bows. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 158, Verse 5).
(iv) Śārṅga was made by Brahmā and presented to Kṛṣṇa. (M.B. Southern text, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 141).