Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.789

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.789

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c8.789

MAYŪRA. An asura who fought against Subrahmaṇya. Skanda Purāṇa, Viramahendra Kāṇḍa describes the terrible battle between Mayūra and Subrahmaṇya. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 65 says that after death, Mayūra was reborn in the world as a King named Viśva.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit