[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) › c9.3165 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3165 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3165 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3165) TĀRĀKṢA (TĀRAKĀKṢA). A son of the demon Tārakāsura. This demon was the lord of a golden city called Tripura. Śiva killed him during Tripuradahana (burning of the Tripuras). See under Tripuradahana. (Chapters 33, 34, Karṇa Parva). - [Previous: c9.3164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3164) - [Next: c9.3166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3166) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3165) · Pramāṇa