[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) › c5.500 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.500 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.500 - **Language:** English ### [c5.500](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.500) DHENUKA. A demon killed by Bala-rāma. Krishna and Bala-rāma, as boys, picked some fruit in a grove belonging to Dhenuka, when he took the form of an ass, and running to the spot began to kick Bala-rāma. The young hero seized him by the heels, whirled him round till he was dead, and cast his carcase on the top of a palm-tree. Several of his companions who ran to his assistance were treated in the same way, so that “the trees were laden with dead asses.” - [Previous: c5.499](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.499) - [Next: c5.501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.501) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.500](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.500) · Pramāṇa