The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.505
The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s8.505
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Caidya (I)—a son of Yudhiṣṭhira’s aunt and Damagoṣa and brother of Dantavaktra. Both were once attendants on Hari and born on earth by the curse of Brahmanas. It happened thus. Once Sananda and other sons of Brahmā went to Viṣṇuloka and were prevented by them, as doorkeepers, from entering Vaikuṇṭha. Hence they were cursed to be born as Asuras. They were born as Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa, then as Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa, and now as Caidya and Dantavaktra.¹ Hated Kṛṣṇa, beaten by him in svyamvara. An ally of Jarāsandha, he was stationed at the eastern gate of Mathurā. Kṛṣṇa directed his attack against Caidya. The fight and end of Caidya.²