Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4334

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4334

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c9.4334

VIJAYA XII. A bow of Indra. This is as bright as Gāṇḍīva and as strong as the bow Śārṅgadhanus of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The bows of the Devas, considered to be most divine, are Vijaya, Gāṇḍīva and Śārṅga. Vijaya belongs to Indra, Gāṇḍīva to Varuṇa and Śārṅga to Viṣṇu. Once Druma, a Kimpuruṣa (demi god) who lived in the mountain Gandhamādana got Vijaya from Indra. After that Rukmī, his disciple got this bow from Druma. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 158, Stanza 3).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit