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Gandiva

Arjuna's bow, so well known that the Pandavas could not take it into Virata's city; Uttara brings it down from the shami tree.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883-96), Book 4, Virata Parva, sections 5, 38, 41, 42, 44 and 66 · see Gandiva's web

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Gandiva wielded by

Arjuna (King) All traditions · The bows in the shami tree
Hides it in the shami for a year and takes it down to fight the Kauravas.

Stories 1

The bows in the shami tree
From the epics · as Arjuna's bow · 2 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883-96), Book 4, Virata Parva, sections 5, 38, 41, 42, 44 and 66 § 4.5 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883-96), Book 4, Virata Parva, sections 5, 38, 41, 42, 44 and 66 § 4.42 Primary text (translation)