Sudarshana Chakra

lord vishnu holding chakra symbolic representation of sudarshana chakra on his right hands forefinger

The Sudarshana Chakra (सुदर्शन चक्र) is a spinning, disk-like weapon literally meaning "disk of auspicious vision," having 108 serrated edges used by the Hindu god [Vishnu]. The Sudarshana Chakra is generally portrayed on the right rear hand of the four hands of Vishnu, who also holds a shankha (conch shell), [Gada](mace) and a padma (lotus).[1] While in the Rigveda the Chakra was "[Vishnu]'s"symbol as the wheel of time, by the late period Sudarshana Chakra emerged as an ayudhapurusha (anthropomorphic form), as a fierce form of Vishnu, used for the destruction of an enemy. In Tamil, the Sudarshana Chakra is also known as Chakkrath Azhwar (translated as Ring/Circlet of God).

Sudarshana Chakra Media

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  Iconography of the Sudarshana Chakra upon a temple wall

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  Artistic representation of Chakrapani Perumal worshiped in Tamil Nadu.

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  A Vrishni silver coin from Alexander Cunningham's Coins of Ancient India: From the Earliest Times Down to the Seventh Century (1891)

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  Sudarshana Chakra depicted as Chakratalvar who is an ayudhapurusha and a fierce aspect of his owner Vishnu

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  Chakra in a 13th-century-CE metal Vishnu icon

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  18th century bronze representation of the Sudarshana Chakra at Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.