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Most Powerful Warrior Archers in Ancient Vedic Culture of India

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1. Bhagwan Shiv
Mahadeva has used several bows.
The most prominent bow used by him is Pinaka. Hence he is also known as ‘Pinakahastaya’ ie. the weilder of Pinaka.
He had used another bow, whose name is not mentioned but Maharishi Valmiki has called it Shiv Dhanush(Shiva bow) .

1(a) He had used it to kill Tripurasura. It was created by Vishwarkarma ji from Mount Meru for the destruction of Tripura. Later this bow was broken by Bhagwan Sri Ram during the swayamwara of Mata Sita.

2. Bhagwan Vishnu
He uses Sharanga bow which is well decorated with gold and diamonds and was created by Viswakarman. Bhagwan Sri Ram had recieved it from Maharishi Agastya.

2(a) He uses another bow whose name is not mentioned and Maharishi Valmiki calls it as Vishnu Dhanush(Vishnu bow). Bhagwan Parshurama had this bow and which he later gave to Bhagwan Sri Ram.

3. Shri Ram
He had the Sharnaga bow of Bhagwan Vishnu which is well decorated with gold and diamonds which was created by Viswakarman and he received it from Maharishi Agastya. He had another bow whose name is mentioned as Vishnu bow by Maharishi Valmiki, which he recieved /n

3(a) from Bhagwan Parshurama. He also had the Kodanda bow. He had used it while going after Mareecha while he was disguised as a golden deer. He also had the bow of Varuna Deva.

4. Bhagwan Sri Krishna
He used the Saranga bow of Bhagwan Vishnu. In Mahabharata, he has been addressed as a weilder of Saranga several times.

5. Arjuna
He weilded the Gandiva bow of Brahma Deva. Other than him Bhagwan Shiv, Devraj Indra, Prajapati had also wielded it. He had obtained it before Khandava Dahan from Varuna Deva on the instruction of Agni Deva.

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6.Karna
He had used the Vijaya bow. It was created by Viswakarman for Devraj Indra. Bhagwan Parshurama had obtained it from Devraj Indra and later he had given it to Karna.
Rukmi, the brother of Mata Rukmini, too had Vijaya bow.

7. Bhima
He used the Vayavya bow of Vayu Deva.

8. Bhagwan Parshurama
He had multiple bows.
He had the Vijaya bow , which he had given to Karna. He had the Vishnu bow, which he had given to Bhagwan Sri Ram.

9. Ravan
He wielded the Paulastya bow

10. Devraj Indra
He had multiple bows.
He had wielded the Gandiva bow and Vijaya bow. He mainly uses his Vajra. He gave Gandiva Dhanush to Arjuna.

12. Abhimanyu
He wielded the Raudra bow , which he had received from Balram ji.

13. Pradyumna
He wielded the Kodanda bow, which was also used by Bhagwan Sri Ram before.

14. Yudhisthira
He wielded the Mahendra bow

15. Guru Drona
He had recieved a powerful bow from Maharishi Agniratha , whose name is not mentioned in Mahabharata.

16. Pitamah Bhishm
The name of the bow of Pitamah Bhisma was GOVARDHAN. It was no ordinary bow. Its specialty was that its string (PRATAYAJA) was exceptionally strong. Whosoever holding the bow would get the strength of the bow and its string could be again retied very fast.

17. Uppandavas (Sons of Draupadi)
They wielded Raudra, Agneya, Kauverya, Yamya and Girisa Bow.

18. Indrajit Meghanad
He was the only warrior along with Rishi Parshuram to possess the three ultimate weapons of Trimurti, i.e., Brahmanda Astra, Vaishnava Astra, and Pashupatastra.
He used multiple bows received as boons from his teacher Shukracharya and Bhagwan Shiv, Bhagwan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

19. Ghatotkach
He wielded the Paulastya bow, which was also used by Ravana.

20. Famous Bows in Ancient Vedic History
Pinaka Dhanush
This bow belonged to the Destroyer - Lord Shiva. Pinaka was made by Vishwakarma. It was known to bring mass destruction - it was used to destroy Tripura and the 3 rakshasas who were the sons of Tarakasura. This bow was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

21. Sharanga Bow
This bow belonged to Lord Vishnu, as well as all of his avatars. Lord Parshurama, Lord Rama, and Lord Vishnu used these bows and accomplished many great feats. This bow was also made by Vishwakarma. Sharanga, in Rama’s hands, was also known as Kodanda. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

22. Gandiva Bow
This bow was made by Lord Brahma, and later passed on to Varun, then Agni who gave it to the 3rd Pandava prince Arjuna, during Khandavdahan, wherein he defeated the gods. Arjuna later fought each battle with the same Gandiva, winning almost all twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

23. Vijaya Bow
This bow was made by Vishwakarma for Indra. Indra won many battles with this, and later gave this bow to Parshurama. Parshurama gave this bow to Karna, however there is inconsistency with this fact as Vijaya is also a bow given to Druma (a demigod) who gave it to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

24. Pushp Bow
This is the bow of Lord Kamadeva, the son of Lord Vishnu and Devi Lakshmi, and the God of Love. This bow was made up of sugarcane with a string of honeybees, and this bow was used to shoot the Pushpa Shar (the floral arrows) which was used to make the target fall in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

25. Goverdhan Bow
A bow of lord Vishnu, this Dhanush could not be destroyed by a weapon. This Dhanush was given to Vidur in Mahabharata by Shri Krishna himself a Vishnu avatar, to protect women and children during the war of Mahabharat. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

26. Raudra Bow
This bow was made by the Rudra avatar of Bhagwan Shiv. This bow was given to Balram and he gave it to Abhimanyu. This bow was indestructible and it could be wielded by only one person having the boon of receiving this celestial bow. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

27. End of Part1
Part 2 will cover details of ancient Vedic warfare as mentioned in Dhanurved.