शार्ंग (zArMga)

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Apte 1890

English

 शार्ंग a. (शार्ङ्ग strictly) 1 Made of horn,  horny. 
2 Having a bow,  armed with a bow
 Bk. 8. 123. 
र्गः 
र्गं 1 A bow (in general). 
2 The bow of Viṣṇu. 
र्गं Wet ginger. 
Comp. 
धन्वन् m.,  
धरः,  
पाणिः,  
भृत् m. epithets of Viṣṇu. 

पुराणम्

English

शार्ंग / 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).

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