[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) › c5.1157 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1157 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1157 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1157) DURMUKHA VI. An asura on the side of Mahiṣāsura. Tāmra, finance minister of Mahiṣāsura sent Durmukha with Bāṣkala to fight against Devī, who killed him. (Devībhāgavata, Skandhas 5, 13). In his previous life he was one of the Paulastyas. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 61). - [Previous: c5.1156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1156) - [Next: c5.1158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1158) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.5.13) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1157) · Pramāṇa