[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) › c5.155 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.155 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.155 - **Language:** English ### [c5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.155) DAṆḌA VII. A giant (Rākṣasa). This giant Daṇḍa was born to the giant Sumāli, by his wife Ketumati. The nine ministers of Rāvaṇa, named Prahasta, Akampana, Vikaṭa, Kālakāmukha, Dhūmrākṣa, Supārśva, Saṃhrāda, Prākvāṭa and Bhāsakarṇa were brothers of this Daṇḍa. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.154) - [Next: c5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.156) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.155) · Pramāṇa