Sudarshana Chakra
The Sudarshana chakra is the spinning, razor-edged discus of the Hindu god Vishnu, held in his upper right hand together with the conch, mace and lotus in the classic four-armed image. Its name means 'beautiful in form' or 'auspicious disc', and in myth it is the personal weapon that Vishnu casts at enemies, flying to its target and returning to his finger. In the churning of the ocean the chakra is sometimes said to have been the weapon that cut off the head of the demon Svarbhanu, the being who became the ascending and descending nodes Rahu and Ketu when the gods and demons churned for the n