[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) › c5.128 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.128 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.128 - **Language:** English ### [c5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.128) ḌAMBHA. A dānava or asura. Ḍambha was the son of Vipracitti an asura born to Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. This Ḍambha is the father of Śaṅkhacūḍa, an asura. Ḍambha received from their teacher Śukra, the spell known as the famous Viṣṇumantra and went to Puṣkara-tīrtha and did penance there for one lac of years. It was due to this penance that the son Śaṅkhacūḍa was born to him. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 9). - [Previous: c5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.127) - [Next: c5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.129) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.128) · Pramāṇa