Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.88

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.88

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c5.88

DAMANAKA II. A daitya (asura) Mahāviṣṇu in his incarnation as Matsya (Matsyāvatāra), killed this asura who was a dweller of the sea. Viṣṇu threw the body of the asura into the earth. By the touch of the Lord the body became fragrant and it was changed to a plant which is known as (Kozhunnu or Kozhuntu) Damanakam. (Skanda Purāṇa).

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit