[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) › c5.748 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.748 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.748 - **Language:** English ### [c5.748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.748) KABANDHA. 1. A disciple of Su-mantu, the earliest teacher of the Atharva-veda. 2. A monstrous Rākshasa slain by Rāma. He is said to have been a son of the goddess Srī. He is described as “covered with hair, vast as a mountain, without head or neck, having a mouth armed with immense teeth in the middle of his belly, arms a league long, and one enormous eye in his breast.” He was originally a Gandharva, and his hideous deformity arose, according to one account, from a quarrel with Indra, whom he challenged, and who struck him with his thunderbolt, and drove his head and thighs into his body. According to another statement, his deformity arose from the curse of a sage. When mortally wounded, he requested Rāma to burn his body, and when that was done he came out of the fire in his real shape as a Gandharva, and counselled Rāma as to the conduct of the war against Rāvana. He was also called Danu. - [Previous: c5.747](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.747) - [Next: c5.749](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.749) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.748) · Pramāṇa