[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) › c8.1022 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1022 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1022 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1022](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1022) MŪLAKA, A son of Kumbhakarṇa. Mūlaka was born on Mūla day and Kumbhakarṇa deeming that day and the constellation inauspicious threw the baby away. The abandoned child was brought up by honey-bees giving the babe honey. When Mūlaka grew up he became a mighty demon who always tormented people. He was killed by Sītā with the help of Śrī Rāma. (Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Rājyakāṇḍa). - [Previous: c8.1021](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1021) - [Next: c8.1023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1023) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ānandarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.ananda) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1022](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1022) · Pramāṇa