[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) › c5.132 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.132 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.132 - **Language:** English ### [c5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.132) ḌAMŚA. The giant who took birth as the worm 'Alarkaṃ'. This giant came in the shape of a beetle and pierced the leg of Karṇa, the disciple of Paraśurāma. Ḍamśa once kidnapped the wife of Bhṛgu, and the hermit cursed the giant and turned him to a beetle. He also said that Parameśvara would absolve him from the curse. (See Karṇa, Para 4). - [Previous: c5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.131) - [Next: c5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.133) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.132) · Pramāṇa