Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1578

c4.1578

BALI (MAHĀBALI) I. An emperor of the Asuras. He was the son of Virocana and the grandson of Prahlāda.
1) Genealogy and Birth. The Asuras or the Daityas are the sons born, of his wife Diti, to Kaśyapa Prajāpati, son of Marīci and grandson of Brahmā. There were so many Asuras born as the sons of Diti. But among them Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Śūrapadmā, Siṃhavaktra, Tārakāsura and Gomukha were notorious. Of their sisters Siṃhikā and Ajamukhī were famous. Four sons called Prahlāda, Saṃhrāda, Hrāda and Anuhrāda were born to Hiraṇyakaśipu. Virocana was the son of Prahlāda and was the son of Virocana. Bāṇa was born from Mahābali and four crores of Asuras called Nivātakavacas were born from Bāṇa.