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Ashwatthama (Sanskrit: अश्वत्थामा, IAST: Aśvatthāmā), also referred to as Drauni, was a warrior of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He is the son of Drona , and Kripi . In the Mahabharata, he served as a friend to Duryodhana , the eldest of the Kauravas .
Drona subsequently presented this astra to his son Ashwatthama. In the Mahabharata war, Ashwatthama used this weapon against the Pandava army after Drona's death. [40] It destroyed Akshauhini of the Pandava army. The only way to escape is total submission, which prompts the weapon to spare the target as stated by Krishna.
Then, thousands of years later, this astra was again used by Ashwatthama in the Kurukshetra War against the Pandava army. Apart from Rama, only Ashwatthama possessed this weapon. Parashu: The axe of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu. This axe was presented to him by Shiva. Sharkha: The bow of Krishna, 8th avatar of Vishnu.
Krishna employs the astra against Shiva in his quest to rescue Aniruddha from Banasura: He nullified Brahmāstra with a Brahmāstra, Vāyavyāstra (missile creating stormy winds) with Parvatāstra (a missile surrounding the winds by mountain-like obstacles), the Agnyastra (the fire missile) with the rain missile and Rudra’s special Pāśupata ...
Ashwatthama was the son of guru Drona and fought on the Kaurava side against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra War.Ashwatthama had various divine weapons like Narayanastra, Brahmastra and Bhramshira astra.
Agnivesha, Parashurama, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Ashwatthama and Arjuna possessed the knowledge to invoke this weapon. [1] This weapon can be invoked into any object, even to a blade of grass. 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 ...
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The Brahmashirā Astra or Brahmashirsha astra (Brahma's 4 head weapon), [3] manifests with four heads of Brahma at the front and is four times stronger than the normal Brahmastra. Arjuna , Drona , Karna , Ashwatthama , and Bhishma were among who possessed this knowledge in Mahabharata . [ 4 ]