asleep, allowing him to move past him and cut off Banasura's arms but at the request of Shiva does not kill Banasura. Vaishnavastra : One of the most powerful astras, this cannot be stopped by anyone except its creator, Vishnu. Vaishnavastra is the most powerful astra in the universe along with the Narayanastra. The personal missile weapon of Krishna, once fired it cannot be thwarted by any means, save by the will of Vishnu Himself. Rama and Krishna, possessed this weapon. Nagastra: The snake weapon used by Indrajit against Rama and Lakshmana, used by Karna against Arjuna. Nagapasham: is the celestial weapon equal to Nagastra".Garudastra:The eagle weapon to counter against the Nagastra.Anjalikastra: The personal weapon of Indra. This is the astra used by Arjuna to killed Karna in the Mahabharata war. Ramabanam (Ramastra): Created by Ram, and was used to kill the Ravana in Ramayana. It cannot be countered by any weapon and could not be stopped by anyone except Rama.Bhargavastra: Created by Parahsurama, he gave it to his disciple Karna.It was used by Karna in the kurukshetra war.This weapon killed 1 akshoni of the Pandava army and was considered unstoppable by any means. In mahabharata only parashurama and Karna possessed knowledge of this weapon.Parvatastra: one of the most dangerous weapon, once it used mountains from sky fall in to the earth.Vasavi Shakti: The magical dart weapon of Indra, unfailing at executing its target. Indra granted it to Karna during the Kurukshetra war, in Mahabharata it was used by karna to kill Ghatotkacha.Vajra: The thunderbolt weapon of Indra, who is the God of thunder and lightning, akin to Zeus and Jupiter., In, the Rigveda, it is stated that it was fashioned by Tvashtar. In the Puranas, the vajra stated to be made from the bones of sage Dadhichi. In all versions, it was used by Indra to slay serpent called Vritra. In the Mahabharata, Indra gave the Vajra to his son Arjuna. Apart from Indra, only Arjuna possessed it.Agneyastra: The fire weapon, created by Agni, god of fireVarunastra: The water weapon, created by Varuna, god of the oceansVayavastra: The wind weapon, created by VayuSamvarta: Weapon belonging to Yama used by Bharata to annihilate thirty million Gandharvas in a moment, tearing them to pieces.Sammohanastra: Would cause entire hosts/armies to collapse in a trance. It was used in the Mahabharata by Arjuna the entire army of Hastinapur. Twashtastra: When used against a