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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Most powerful astra of Brahmāstra variant mentioned in Indian Mythology}}<br />
The '''Brahmashirastra''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ब्रह्मशिरास्त्र, [[Romanization|romanized]]: ''Brahmaśirāstra'') or '''Brahmashira Namaka Astra''' is the most destructive weapon, or [[Astra (weapon)|Astra]], described in ancient [[Hinduism|Hindu]] texts, capable of ending the existence of gods or [[Deva (Hinduism)|deva]]s. Thought to be a superior variant of the [[Brahmastra]], the Brahmashirastra causes chain reactions of massive explosions and waves to annihilate any desired entity of the universe or even the universe itself. The weapon manifests with the four heads of [[Brahma]] as its tip. [[Agnivesha]], [[Drona]], [[Karna]], [[Ashwatthama]] and [[Arjuna]] are the powerful warriors who possessed the knowledge to invoke this weapon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archive |first=Internet Sacred Text |title=The Mahabharata, Book 12: Santi Parva: Rajadharmanusasana... {{!}} Sacred Texts Archive |url=https://sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12a003.htm |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Internet Sacred Text Archive |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01142.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXLI|website=www.sacred-texts.com|access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref> This weapon can be invoked into any object, even to a blade of grass.<br />
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In the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', it is explained that when this weapon is invoked, "It blazes up with terrible flames within a huge sphere of fire. Numerous peals of thunder to be heard, fissures start on earth, rivers become dry, thousands of meteors fell, and all living creatures became terrified with great dread. The entire sky seemed to be filled with noise and assumed a terrible aspect with flames of fire. The whole earth with her mountains and waters and trees trembled". When it strikes an area, it will be destroyed and nothing will ever grow there, not even a blade of grass for the next 50 [[Hindu units of time|Brahma years]] (155.5 [[trillion]] human years).{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}<br />
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Its true power is the ability to remove someone's existence from the past, present, and future. Upon being fired, the arrow will immediately annihilate their existence, and because if something never existed and will never exist, it is impossible to imagine that entity in any facet or form.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Childress |first=David Hatcher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4pXDwAAQBAJ&dq=brahmashira+astra+removing+someone+from+the+past,+present+and+future&pg=PT12 |title=Vimana: Flying Machines of the Ancients |date=2013-12-18 |publisher=SCB Distributors |isbn=978-1-939149-23-7 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian epic poetry]]<br />
**[[Ramayana]]<br />
**[[Mahabharata]]<br />
**[[Puranas]]<br />
**[[Vyūha]]<br />
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