[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.1117 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1117 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1117 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1117) DUNDUBHIHRĀDA. A powerful Rākṣasa, who was the son of Diti and the uncle of Prahlāda. When, in the fierce fight between the devas and the asuras the latter got absolutely defeated this Rākṣasa ascribed the reson for the failure to the brahmins and began killing them. He captured the Kāśī temple and many other temples like it. In the circumstances Śiva gave refuge to the brahmins of Kāśī, and the Rākṣasa was destroyed by Śivaśakti. (Śivarudrasaṃhitā, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Chapter 58). - [Previous: c5.1116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1116) - [Next: c5.1118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1118) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1117) · Pramāṇa