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ब्रह्मशिरस् (brahmaziras)

 
Capeller Eng
English
ब्रह्मशिरस्
n.
 Brahman's head,
N.
 of a mythical
weapon.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ब्रह्म—शिरस्
n.
 ‘Brahmā's head’,
N.
 of a mythical weapon,
MBh.
R.
Hariv.
 (also -शीर्षन्,
BhP.
 )
Apte Hindi
Hindi
ब्रह्मशिरस्
नपुं*
 ब्रह्मन्-शिरस् -
एक विशिष्ट अस्त्र का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
ब्रह्मशिरस्
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ದ್ರೋಣಾಚಾರ್ಯರು ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಅರ್ಜುನರಿಗೆ ಉಪದೇಶಿಸಿದ ಒಂದು ಮಂತ್ರ
L R Vaidya
English
brahman-Siras {% n. %} name of a particular weapon.
Mahabharata
English
Brahmaśiras, a celestial weapon. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 212 (repelled by Arjuna).--§ 207 (Droṇa): I, 133, 5306 (given to Arjuna by Droṇa).--§ 210 (Sambhavap.): I, 139, 5525 (acquired by Droṇa from Agniveśa).--§ 333 (Kairātap.): B. (Pāśupata) destroys the entire universe at the end of the yuga. It is not known to Mahendra, nor to Yama, nor to the Yaksha king (i.e. Kubera), nor to Varuṇa, nor to Vāyu. By this Arjuna might obtain victory over Karṇa, Bhīshma, Kṛpa, and Droṇa, and over Dānavas, Rākshasas, Bhūtas, Piśācas, Gandharvas, and Pannagas
when hurled with mantras it produced darts by thousands, maces and arrows. It might be hurled by the eye, by the mind, by words, and by the bow: III, 40, 1644.--§ 378b (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 91, 8417: B. had sprung from the amṛta and came to Rudra in consequence of tapas.--§ 617b (Aishīkap.): Droṇa had given B. to Arjuna
Aśvatthāman asked him for it, and Droṇa unwillingly gave him it. knowing his restlessness, with the command never to use it against men. Because of the bitter words of his father, Aśvatthāman began to wander over the earth in grief
coming to Dvārakā he said to Kṛshṇa that now he had B. (worshipped by D. and G.), which Droṇa had obtained from Agastya after austere penances
he asked Kṛshṇa for his discus in exchange for that weapon. He was unable even to move the discus. Kṛshṇa praised Arjuna () and Pradyumna (a portion of Sanatkumāra and son of Kṛshṇa and Rukmiṇī), etc. (), who had never desired his discus, while Aśvatthāman confessed that he would have used it against Kṛshṇa himself. Then he left Dvārakā: X, 12, 609, 619.--§ 617 (Aishīkap.): X, 13, 646
15, 705, 703.
पुराणम्
English
ब्रह्मशिरस् / BRAHMAŚIRAS. See brahmāstra.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
ब्र(व्र)ह्मशिरस्
न०
 अस्त्रभेदे तच्चास्त्रं द्रोणेन स्वसुताय अश्वत्थाम्नेअर्जुनाय चाध्यापितं तदस्त्रप्रयोगसंहारादिकथाभा० सौ० १२ अ० ।