[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.26 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.26 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.26 - **Language:** English ### [c5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.26) AGHĀSURA. (Agha the Asura.) An Asura who was Kansa’s general. He assumed the form of a vast serpent, and Krishna’s companions, the cowherds, entered its mouth, mistaking it for a mountain cavern: but Krishna rescued them. - [Previous: c5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.25) - [Next: c5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.27) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.26) · Pramāṇa