Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1253

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1253

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NAMUCI I. A fierce Rākṣasa (giant). It is stated in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Stanza 22, that this giant was the son of Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. This fierce giant was killed by Indra. There is a story in the Purāṇas describing how Namuci was killed.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit