![]() ![]() In Nepal, Jaya Cakravartindra Malla of Kathmandu issued a coin with the chakra. Ī coin dated to 180 BCE, with an image of Vasudeva-Krishna, was found in the Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum in the Kunduz area of Afghanistan, minted by Agathocles of Bactria. Another example of coins inscribed with the chakra are the Taxila coins of the 2nd century BCE with a sixteen-spoked wheel. Vrishni copper coins dated to later time were found in Punjab. Discovered by Cunningham, and currently placed in the British Museum, the silver coin is witness to the political existence of the Vrishnis. However, there is no conclusive proof so far. ![]() ![]() Early historical evidence of the Sudarshana-Chakra is found in a rare tribal Vrishni silver coin with the legend Vṛishṇi-rājaṅṅya-gaṇasya-trātasya which P.L.Gupta thought was possibly jointly issued by the gana (tribal confederation) after the Vrishnis formed a confederation with the Rajanya tribe. The chakra is found in the coins of many tribes with the word gana and the name of the tribe inscribed on them. The Sudarshana Chakra was also used to behead Rahu and cut the celestial Mandara mountain during the Samudra Manthana.Ī Vrishni silver coin from Alexander Cunningham's Coins of Ancient India: From the Earliest Times Down to the Seventh Century (1891).There are several Puranic stories associated with the Sudarshana Chakra, such as that of Vishnu granting King Ambarisha the boon of Sudarshana Chakra in form of prosperity, peace, and security to his kingdom.In the Mahabharata, Shisupala was beheaded by Krishna after he invoked the Chakra.Krishna then commands Arjuna to kill him and Arjuna follows his orders, beheading Jayadratha. At that very moment, Krishna withdraws his Chakra to reveal the sun. Seeing this Jayadratha comes out of the protection to celebrate Arjuna's defeat. So Krishna creates an artificial sunset using his Sudarshana Chakra. However Drona creates a combination of three layers of troops, which act as a protective shield around Jayadratha. In the Mahabharata, Jayadratha is responsible for the death of Arjuna's son, Arjuna vowing to avenge him by killing Jayadratha the very next day before sunset.The 51 parts of the goddess' body were then tossed about in different parts of the Indian subcontinent and became " Shakti Peethas". Shiva, in grief, carried around her lifeless body and was inconsolable. Sudarshana Chakra was used to cut the corpse of Sati, the consort of Shiva into 51 pieces after she gave up her life by throwing herself in a yagna (fire sacrifice) of her father Daksha. ![]() The Chakra is described to have 10 million spikes in two rows moving in opposite directions to give it a serrated edge. The leftover stardust was collected by Vishvakarma and made into three divine objects, (1) the aerial vehicle Pushpaka Vimana, (2) Trishula of Shiva, (3) Sudarshana Chakra of Vishnu. Vishvakarma made the sun shine less so that his daughter could hug the Sun. Due to the Sun's blazing light and heat, she could not go near the Sun. Vishvakarma's daughter Sanjana was married to Surya.
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