Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1505

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1505

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c9.1505

ŚATAMUKHA II. An asura, a great devotee of Śiva. He did very intense tapas for hundred years making offerings of his flesh in the fire. Śiva, who was pleased with his tapas, granted him many boons. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 58).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit