[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) › c8.757 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.757 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.757 - **Language:** English ### [c8.757](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.757) 6) Other details. (i) Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 227, Verse 41 says that Namuci the Dānava was the brother of Maya. (ii) Maya had two sons named Sunītha and Sudaṇḍika They became human beings under a curse. (For details see under the word Sūryaprabhā). (iii) In Kathāsaritsāgara Madanamañcukālambaka, 8th Taraṅga we see that Maya was an incarnation of Viśvakarmā. (iv) At the time when Mahāviṣṇu as Vāmana took the three worlds from Mahābali, Maya joined with other Dānavas and fought against Vāmana. (M.B. Bhaviṣya Parva, Chapter 55). (v) Once Maya was relaxing with his friends on the Malaya mountain. Knowing about it Maheśvara sent Indra to that mountain. Indra challenged the Dānavas for a fight. In the battle that followed, Indra killed the Dānava named Pāka. Thus he got the name, "Pāka-śāsana". Indra killed Pura, the son of Mahābali also in that battle and so came to be known as "Purandara" The remaining Dānavas under the leadership of Maya fled to Pātāla. (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 71). - [Previous: c8.756](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.756) - [Next: c8.758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.758) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (3) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.757](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.757) · Pramāṇa