Gada

(“club”) In Hindu iconography, one of
the identifying objects carried by the
god Vishnu, along with the conch shell
(shankha), lotus (padma), and discus
(chakra). In the Mahabharata, the
later of the two great Hindu epics, the
gada is also the weapon of choice for
Bhima, one of the five Pandava brothers who are the epic’s protagonists. Of
these five brothers, Bhima is noted for
his prodigious size and strength, which
gives him obvious advantages in wielding the gada.