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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.734

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.734

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MATTA. A demon. He was born to the demon Mālyavān of his wife Sundarī. Matta had six brothers named Vajramuṣṭi, Virūpākṣa, Durmukha, Suptaghna, Yajñakośa and Unmatta. This Matta was killed in the Rāma-Rāvaṇa battle. (Chapter 10, Agni Purāṇa).

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