वैष्णवास्त्र (vaiSNavAstra)
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Mahabharata
EnglishVaishṇavāstra (“the weapon belonging to Vishṇu”). § 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 29, 1272 (employed by Bhagadatta).--§ 592c (do.): Kṛshna has four forms: 1) one, staving on earth, engaged in ascetic austerities: 2) one, beholding good and evil deeds in the world
3) one, coming into the world of men and engaged in action
4) one, reposing in sleep for 1, 000 years, and at the end of the 1, 000 years granting, upon awakening, excellent boons. The Earth (Pṛthivī), knowing that that time had come, asked of him as a boon for [her son]
Naraka, that he, possessed of the Vaishṇavāstra, should become incapable of being slain by gods and Asuras. The boon was granted. From Naraka, the king of Prāgjyotisha (i.e. Bhagadatta) got this weapon, that may slay even Indra and Rudra: VII, 29, 1284, [1285 (astraṃ…Vaishṇavaṃ)].
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