A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1207
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1207
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MURA, MURU. A great demon who had seven thousand sons. He was an ally of the demon Naraka, who ruled over Prāg-jyotisha, and assisted him in the defence of that city against Krishna. He placed in the environs of the city "nooses the edges of which were as sharp as razors," but Krishna cut them to pieces with his discus, slew Muru, "and burnt his seven thousand sons like moths with the flame of the edge of his discus."