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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2917

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2917

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15) Other information about Kubera. (i) He comforted the Pāṇḍavas once during their life in exile in the forest.
(ii) During the war with Rāvaṇa when Śrī Rāma fainted on the field, it was the water, purified by mantras, which Kubera sent through the Yakṣa, Guhyaka, which brought Rāma back to consciousness. (Vana Parva, Chapter 289, Verse 9).
(iii) Kubera once cursed the Yakṣa called Sthūṇakarṇa. He went to live in forest. Ambā the woman became a male by getting the penis of Sthūṇakarṇa. (See under Ambā and Sthūṇakarṇa).
(iv) Śukrācārya once gave Kubera a lot of wealth. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 23).
(v) A King called Mucukunda once fought with Kubera. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 74, Verse 4). See under Mucukunda.

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