[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) › c5.956 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.956 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.956 - **Language:** English ### [c5.956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.956) KUVALĀSWA, KUVALAYĀSWA. A prince of the Solar race, who, according to the Vishnu Purāna, had 21,000 sons, but the Hari-vansa numbers them only as 100. Attended by his sons he attacked the great Asura, Dhundhu, who lived in a sea of sand, and harassed the devotions of the pious sage Uttanka. They unearthed the demon and slew him, from which exploit Kuvalāswa got the title of Dhundhu-māra, slayer of Dhundhu; but all his sons except three perished by the fiery breath of the monster. - [Previous: c5.955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.955) - [Next: c5.957](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.957) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.956) · Pramāṇa