[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) › c5.873 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.873 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.873 - **Language:** English ### [c5.873](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.873) Genealogy. Brahmā created the Rākṣasa (giant) Heti. The son Vidyutkeśa was born to him of his wife Bhayā. Sukeśa was born to Vidyutkeśa by his wife Sālakaṭaṅkā. Sukeśa married Devavatī. Three sons, Mālyavān, Sumālī and Māli were born to the couple. To Sumālī, by his wife Ketumatī, fourteen children were born: Prahasta, Akampana, Vikaṭa, Kālākamukha, Dhūmrākṣa, Daṇḍa, Supārśvā, Saṃhrāda, Prākvāda, Bhāsakarṇa, Veka, Puṣpotkaṭa, Kaikasi, and Kumbhīnasi; most of them were ministers of Rāvaṇa. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c5.872](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.872) - [Next: c5.874](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.874) - [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.c5.873](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.873) · Pramāṇa