Astra was a supernatural hand-carried weapon blessed by a specific deity. The function of an Astra is more than that of a missile. It is said that Astras used in Mahabharata probably might have ...

These weapons were not only physical ... of time and the power to obliterate enemies. He used it during the Battle of Kurukshetra in Mahabharata too, in his form as Krishna. The conch is a symbol ...