Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.599

v1.c3.s18.599

Deva-malimluc, ‘robber of the gods,’ is the epithet of Rahasya,¹ who is said in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa² to have slain the pious Vaikhānasas at Munimaraṇa (‘saint’s death’). He was apparently an Asura, but may have been a real person.