A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sarnga
This page describes Sarnga which is located on page 241 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Sarnga” according to 32 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
Endued with great speed, as those animals bore away the wielder of sharnga, loud became the noise caused by their rush, like that of birds coursing through the air. Proceeding with great speed, they soon came up, O bull of Bharata s race, with the mighty bowman Bhimasena in whose wake they had followed. Although those great car-warriors met Bhima, they failed however to stop that son of Kunti, as filled with wrath he proceeded fiercely towards the foe....
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: बाणान्धकारे सञ्जाते शत्रु-सेना-समाकुले टाङ्करं शार्ङ्ग-धनुषः शार्ङ्ग-धन्वा चकार ह banandhakare sanjate shatru-sena-samakule tankaram sharnga-dhanushah sharnga-dhanva cakara ha banandhakare—in a darkness of arrows; sanjate—manifested; shatru-sena-samakule—the enemy armies; tankaram—twanging; sharnga-dhanushah—of the Sharnga bow; sharnga-dhanva—the holder of the Sharnga bow; cakara—did; ha—indeed....
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The Vishnu Purana (abridged)
From the sky a bow called Sharnga, two quivers that never ran out of arrows, and a mace named Koumodaki fell into Krishna’s hands. For Balarama the weapons were a plough and a club named Sounanda. Jarasandha was defeated by the two brothers and he fled. After a few days Jarasandha attacked once more and was defeated yet again. This continued. There were eighteen occasions on which Jarasandha attacked and was defeated by the Yadavas....
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