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'''Gandiva''' ([[IAST]]: Gāṇḍīva; {{Lang-sa|गाण्डीव}}) is the [[Bow (weapon)|bow]] of [[Arjuna]], the hero of the [[Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Vyasa's Mahabharatam|page= 844|author=Bharadvaja Sarma, Vyāsa, Bharadvaja Sarma|publisher=Academic Publishers|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HkUQYvw2HGkC}}</ref> The bow was created by [[Brahma]], the Creator of universe. Brahma held it first for a thousand years, then [[Prajapati]] held it for five hundred and three years, [[Indra]], for five hundred and eighty years, and [[Soma]] for five hundred years. After that [[Varuna]] held it for a hundred years before handing it to Arjuna along with a Kapi/ [[Hanuman]] bannered chariot, and two inexhaustible quivers, as requested by [[Agni]] during the ''Khandava-daha Parva''. The bow was decorated with hundreds of gold bosses, and had radiant ends. The bow was worshiped by [[Deva (Hinduism)|Devas]], [[Gandharvas]] and [[Danavas]]. Arjuna used it in [[Kurukshetra war]] and he was invincible. No ordinary person could wield the Gandiva bow. When fired, the bow made the sound of thunder. It has special qualities like being indestructible, having 108 bow strings, etc. Which always gave the wielder a heavy advantage over his opponent. After the war, in Svargarohanika Parva, Agni reappears before Arjuna and asks him to return Gandiva along with the quivers to Varuna.
'''Gandiva''' is the [[Bow (weapon)|bow]] of [[Arjuna]], the hero of the [[Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Vyasa's Mahabharatam|page= 844|author=Bharadvaja Sarma, Vyāsa, Bharadvaja Sarma|publisher=Academic Publishers|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HkUQYvw2HGkC}}</ref> The bow was created by [[Brahma]], the Creator of universe. Brahma held it first for a thousand years, then [[Prajapati]] held it for five hundred and three years, [[Indra]], for five hundred and eighty years, and [[Soma]] for five hundred years. After that [[Varuna]] held it for a hundred years before handing it to Arjuna along with a Kapi/ [[Hanuman]] bannered chariot, and two inexhaustible quivers, as requested by [[Agni]] during the ''Khandava-daha Parva''. The bow was decorated with hundreds of gold bosses, and had radiant ends. The bow was worshiped by [[Deva (Hinduism)|Devas]], [[Gandharvas]] and [[Danavas]]. Arjuna used it in [[Kurukshetra war]] and he was invincible. No ordinary person could wield the Gandiva bow. When fired, the bow made the sound of thunder. It has special qualities like being indestructible, having 108 bow strings, etc. Which always gave the wielder a heavy advantage over his opponent. After the war, in Svargarohanika Parva, Agni reappears before Arjuna and asks him to return Gandiva along with the quivers to Varuna.
==History==
==History==
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[[Category:Mahabharata]]
[[Category:Mahabharata]]