Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3206

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3206

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c9.3206

TIMIDHVAJA. A demon who was ruling in the state of Vaijayantapura. He was called Śambara also. This demon once attacked Devaloka. Indra was not able to kill him. So he sought the help of Daśaratha. Daśaratha went and fought against the demons. Daśaratha was made to faint in the battlefield by the magic of Timidhvaja and Kaikeyī who was there then, took him away and gave him all first aid. Pleased at this Daśaratha promised two boons for her and it was these boons that Kaikeyī demanded of Daśaratha on the advice of Mantharā at the time of the coronation of Śrī Rāma. (Sarga 9, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit