Sudarshana Chakra: Discus weapon used by Lord Vishnu in Hinduism
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 .
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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).
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