[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) › c9.2425 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2425 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2425 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2425) SUDARŚANA XIV. (The Discus Sudarśana-weapon). 1) General information. The weapon of Mahāviṣṇu. Two stories are seen about the origin of this weapon. (i) The sun married Saṃjñā the daughter of Viśvakarmā. Saṃjñā complained to her father that she could not bear the radiance of the Sun. Viśvakarmā put the Sun in a turning machine and then decreased his radiance. Out of the dust of the sun produced by this process, Viśvakarmā made the discus-weapon, the aerial chariot Puṣpaka, the Trident of Śiva, and the Śakti (lance) of Subrahmaṇya. Of these weapons the discus-weapon Sudarśana was given to Mahāviṣṇu. This is one story. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 3, Chapter 2). (ii) During the burning of the forest Khāṇḍava, Indra showered rain, against the fire. According to the second story, the God Fire gave the discus weapon Sudarśana to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Gāṇḍīva to Arjuna to fight against Indra. (See the word Khāṇḍavadāha). Besides these two stories, several statements occur in various Purāṇas, about this weapon Sudarśana. As Sudarśana was in existence even before the incarnation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the story that Viśvakarmā made it, ought to be given prominence. Very often Mahāviṣṇu used to destroy enemies by this Sudarśana. Though Mahāviṣṇu had taken several incarnations, only Śrī Kṛṣṇa is mentioned in the Purāṇas as having used this weapon Sudarśana very often. - [Previous: c9.2424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2424) - [Next: c9.2426](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2426) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2425) · Pramāṇa