nāgapāśa
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
arrows made of nāgas · nārāca and other named arrow-types · serpent-arrows · the nāgapāśa
spoken of as
1 expressionSerpent-arrows“Nāgapāśa”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
The two heroic brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, their bodies covered without interval, were struck by the enraged Indrajit with serpent-arrows — arrows that had become serpents.
in the texts
Kalpabuddha
The ritual implement (nāgapāśa, serpent noose) held by Lord Amitābha.
The `nāgapāśa` is his implement.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The dreadful arrows, described as having become serpents, with which Indrajit binds the two brothers.
The two heroic brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, their bodies covered without interval, were struck by the enraged Indrajit with serpent-arrows — arrows that had become serpents.
That rākṣasa, enraged, pierced both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa throughout all their limbs in battle with dreadful arrows made of nāgas.
He shot him with nārāca arrows, ardha-nārāca arrows, bhalla arrows, añjalika arrows, vatsadanta arrows, siṃhadaṃṣṭra arrows, and kṣura arrows.