[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) › c9.4599 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4599 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4599 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4599) (vii) Śārṅga. This is the name of the bow of Viṣṇu. This is called Vaiṣṇavacāpa (the bow of Viṣṇu) also. A description is given in Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 25, as to how this bow was obtained. It is as follows : - [Previous: c9.4598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4598) - [Next: c9.4600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4600) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.1.25) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4599) · Pramāṇa