Brahmāstra
ब्रह्मास्त्र brahmāstraThe weapon of Brahmā, most terrible of the divine astras; its gravest form, the Brahmaśira, figures in the Mahābhārata's Sauptika Parva.
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The Brahmāstra comes from Brahmā, the Pāśupatāstra from Shiva, the Nārāyaṇāstra from Vishnu, the Āgneyāstra from Agni the fire-god.