Sharanga

Rama as the four-armed Vishnu wielding the bow Sharanga, Gujarat
For the district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, see Sharanga (urban-type settlement).

Sharanga (Sanskrit: शारङ्ग, romanized: Śāraṅga) also spelt as Saranga, is the celestial bow of the Hindu god Vishnu,[1] primarily associated with his avatar of Rama.[2] In South India, the Sharanga is also simply known as the Kodanda, literally meaning bow.[3] Rama is often praised as Kodandapani, the holder of the Kodanda. The attribute of the bow is also mentioned in the Vishnu Sahasranama.[4]

  1. ^ Pattanaik, Devdutt (1999). Vishnu : an introduction. Internet Archive. Mumbai : Vakils, Feffer and Simons. p. 95. ISBN 978-81-87111-12-2.
  2. ^ The Book of Avatars and Divinities. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. 21 November 2018. p. 57. ISBN 978-93-5305-362-8.
  3. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (3 August 2014). "Kodanda, Kodaṇḍa, Kodamda: 17 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (30 October 2019). "Viṣṇu's One Thousand Names (Viṣṇusahasranāma) [Chapter 71]". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 16 July 2022.