Brahmashira

Description

Brahmashiras (Brahmashira) appears in the closing astra crisis of the war cycle. Epic tradition treats it as a Brahma weapon of fearful power, closely related in narrative function to the Brahmastra exchanges of Ashvatthama and Arjuna.

Owners

• AshwatthamaGenealogy

Origin

• Brahma

  origin, Brahma-class astra

Powers

• Extreme destructive force in Sauptika narratives

Scriptural references

• Mahabharata · Sauptika Parva

Notable uses

• Ashvatthama's final missile crisis

Counters

• Counter-astra and withdrawal under counsel

• Brahmastra

Related battles

• End of WarBattle

Related characters

• BrahmaGenealogy
• DuryodhanaGenealogy
• BhimaGenealogy
• YudhishthiraGenealogy
• ArjunaGenealogy
• KrishnaGenealogy
• DraupadiGenealogy
• AshwatthamaGenealogy

Related events

• End of WarBattle

Scriptures

• Bhagavad Gita

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