- Karna possessed Agneyastra, Varunastra, Parjanyastra, Vayavyastra, Bhoumyastra, Parvatastra and Antardhanastra.
During the Rangbhumi, Arjuna demonstrated multiple astras and Karna did the exact same thing
He created fire with an agneya weapon. He created water with a varuna weapon. He created winds with a vayavya weapon. He created rain with a parjanya weapon. He entered the ground with a bhoumya weapon. He created mountains with a parvata weapon. He made everything disappear with an antardhana weapon.
-Mahabharata, Jatugriha-Daha Parva, Chapter 125
With Drona’s permission, Karna, always eager to do battle and immensely strong, exhibited all that Partha had displayed before.
- He had Bhargavastra
The immensely strong one with an immeasurable soul took a pledge of truth and invoked the bhargava weapon. O king! In the great battle, thousands, millions, billions and crores of extremely sharp arrows issued from it. They were extremely terrible and blazed, shafted with the feathers of herons and peacocks. The Pandava soldiers were mangled and nothing could be seen. O lord of the earth! Great sounds of lamentation arose among the Panchalas. In the encounter, they were afflicted by the power of the bhargava weapon.
-Mahabharata, Karna-Vadha Parva, Chapter 1195(45)
- He had received Brahmastra from Parashurama, Indra’s spear in exchange of his Kavacha and he also has Nagastra
He possessed a divine spear that was as radiant as lightning. It was decorated with gold and was capable of killing the enemy. Purandara gave him that in exchange for the earrings. Among the arrows in his quiver, there was a divine arrow, decorated with gold. It was lying there and was smeared with sandalwood paste. It had a serpent in its mouth and the slayer of enemies did not use it. The brave one ignored maharathas like Bhishma and Drona and learnt the extremely terrible brahmastra from Jamadagni’s son.
-Mahabharata, Karna-Vadha Parva, Chapter 1155(5)
- Had the divine Vijaya bow given to him by Parashurama which he used on the 17th day
My bow, Vijaya, is supreme among all weapons. Vishvakarma constructed it for Indra’s sake. It was with this that Shatakratu vanquished large numbers of daityas. In the ten directions, the daityas were confounded because of its roar. Shakra gave that revered weapon to Bhargava and Bhargava gave that divine and supreme bow to me. With this, I will fight against the mighty-armed Arjuna, foremost among victorious ones, like Indra fighting in a battle against all the assembled daityas. Rama gave me this terrible bow and it is superior to Gandiva. It was with this bow that he conquered the earth twenty-one times. Bhargava told me about this bow’s divine deeds and Rama gave it to me. I will use it to fight against Pandava.
-Mahabharata, Karna-Vadha Parva, Chapter 1172(22)
These were the weapons which Karna had without a shadow of doubt. Other weapons were subject to interpretation as there are several statements saying Parashurama giving all his weapons to Karna (such statements existed for Arjuna and Drona as well, saying Drona imparted all weapons to Arjuna, but Arjuna doesn’t seem to have Narayanastra)
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