[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) › c8.1584 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1584 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1584 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1584) When Sugrīva carried this information to Śumbha, and Niśumbha, they felt amused that a woman challenged them to fight. But, they had no alternative but to fight. So they deputed the mighty daitya Dhūmrākṣa with an army to fight Devī, and there ensued a fierce fighting between Devī and Kālikā on one side and the big daitya on the other side. The whole army and finally Dhūmrākṣa too was killed. - [Previous: c8.1583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1583) - [Next: c8.1585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1585) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1584) · Pramāṇa