[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s2.961 # An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s2.961 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s2.961 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.961) \*Çārṅga\*, the bow of Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu). § 262 (\*Bhagavad-yāna\*): II, 2, 34.—§ 320 (\*Saubhavadhap.\*): III, 20, 795; 21, 843, 850.—§ 569 (\*Bhagavadyānap.\*): V, 131, 4427.—§ 570f (\*Rukmin\*): Ç. is said to have been in the possession of Viṣṇu; it was held by Kṛṣṇa, who obtained it, baffling the nooses of Muru and slaying that Asura, and vanquishing Naraka while recovering the earrings set with gems, with 16,000 girls, etc.: V, 158, 5353, 5355, 5358. - [Previous: c5.s2.960](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.960) - [Next: c5.s2.962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.962) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.961) · Pramāṇa