Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.724
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.724
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HIDIMBA. A Rākṣasa, whom the Pāṇḍavas confronted in the forest after their escape from the lac palace. Bhīma killed him and married his sister, Hiḍimbī. Ghaṭotkaca was Bhīma's son by Hiḍimbī. (For details see Ghaṭotkaca).