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Sudarshana Chakra
In Hindu mythology, the Sudarshana Chakra (Sanskrit: सुदर्शनचक्र) is a divine spinning disc, attributed to Vishnu. The Sudarshana Chakra is generally portrayed on the right rear hand of the four hands of Vishnu, who also holds the Panchajanya (conch), the Kaumodaki (mace), and the Padma (lotus).
In the Rigveda, the Sudarshana Chakra is stated to be Vishnu's symbol as the wheel of time. The disc later emerged as an ayudhapurusha (an anthropomorphic form), representing a fierce aspect of Vishnu, used for the destruction of demons. As an ayudhapurusha, the deity is known as Chakraperumal, Chakratalvar, Chakradhara, or Chakrapani.
In the Ramayana, Vishnu takes his seventh avatar Rama on the plea of devas, to kill Ravana. Sudarshana Chakra accompanies him (along with Shesha and Panchajanya) and takes the avatar of Shatrughna, Rama's youngest brother and Ayodhya's youngest prince. Shatrughna marries Shrutakirti, who is an avatar of Lakshmi's chakra.
The word Sudarshana is derived from two Sanskrit words – Su (सु) meaning "good/auspicious" and Darshana (दर्शन) meaning "vision". In the Monier-Williams dictionary the word Chakra is derived from the root क्रम् (kram) or ऋत् (rt) or क्रि (kri) and refers among many meanings, to the wheel of a carriage, wheel of the sun's chariot or metaphorically to the wheel of time. In Tamil, the Sudarshana Chakra is also known as Chakratalvar (disc-devotee).
The Rigveda mentions the Sudarshana Chakra as a symbol of Vishnu, and as the wheel of time.
The Mahabharata features the spinning disc as a weapon of Krishna, identified with Vishnu. The deity beheads Shishupala with the Sudarshana Chakra at the rajasuya yajna of Emperor Yudhishthira. He also employs it during the fourteenth day of the Kurukshetra War to obscure the sun. The Kauravas are deceived, allowing Arjuna to slay Jayadratha, avenging the death of his son.
The Ramayana states that the Sudarshana Chakra was created by the divine architect, Vishvakarma. Vishnu slays a danava named Hayagriva on top of a mountain named Chakravana, seizing the disc from him.
The Ahirbudhnya Samhita (Sanskrit: अहिर्बुध्न्यसंहिता, IAST: Ahiburdhnyasaṃhitā) is a Hindu Vaishnava text belonging to the Pancharatra tradition. It is a Tantrika composition, composed possibly over several centuries within the 1st millennium CE, most probably at 200 CE. Ahirbudhnya Saṃhita literally means a compendium (samhita) of the serpent-from-the-depths (from ahi for serpent and budhna for bottom/root).
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Sudarshana Chakra
In Hindu mythology, the Sudarshana Chakra (Sanskrit: सुदर्शनचक्र) is a divine spinning disc, attributed to Vishnu. The Sudarshana Chakra is generally portrayed on the right rear hand of the four hands of Vishnu, who also holds the Panchajanya (conch), the Kaumodaki (mace), and the Padma (lotus).
In the Rigveda, the Sudarshana Chakra is stated to be Vishnu's symbol as the wheel of time. The disc later emerged as an ayudhapurusha (an anthropomorphic form), representing a fierce aspect of Vishnu, used for the destruction of demons. As an ayudhapurusha, the deity is known as Chakraperumal, Chakratalvar, Chakradhara, or Chakrapani.
In the Ramayana, Vishnu takes his seventh avatar Rama on the plea of devas, to kill Ravana. Sudarshana Chakra accompanies him (along with Shesha and Panchajanya) and takes the avatar of Shatrughna, Rama's youngest brother and Ayodhya's youngest prince. Shatrughna marries Shrutakirti, who is an avatar of Lakshmi's chakra.
The word Sudarshana is derived from two Sanskrit words – Su (सु) meaning "good/auspicious" and Darshana (दर्शन) meaning "vision". In the Monier-Williams dictionary the word Chakra is derived from the root क्रम् (kram) or ऋत् (rt) or क्रि (kri) and refers among many meanings, to the wheel of a carriage, wheel of the sun's chariot or metaphorically to the wheel of time. In Tamil, the Sudarshana Chakra is also known as Chakratalvar (disc-devotee).
The Rigveda mentions the Sudarshana Chakra as a symbol of Vishnu, and as the wheel of time.
The Mahabharata features the spinning disc as a weapon of Krishna, identified with Vishnu. The deity beheads Shishupala with the Sudarshana Chakra at the rajasuya yajna of Emperor Yudhishthira. He also employs it during the fourteenth day of the Kurukshetra War to obscure the sun. The Kauravas are deceived, allowing Arjuna to slay Jayadratha, avenging the death of his son.
The Ramayana states that the Sudarshana Chakra was created by the divine architect, Vishvakarma. Vishnu slays a danava named Hayagriva on top of a mountain named Chakravana, seizing the disc from him.
The Ahirbudhnya Samhita (Sanskrit: अहिर्बुध्न्यसंहिता, IAST: Ahiburdhnyasaṃhitā) is a Hindu Vaishnava text belonging to the Pancharatra tradition. It is a Tantrika composition, composed possibly over several centuries within the 1st millennium CE, most probably at 200 CE. Ahirbudhnya Saṃhita literally means a compendium (samhita) of the serpent-from-the-depths (from ahi for serpent and budhna for bottom/root).
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