Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4146

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4146

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c9.4146

VEGAVĀN II. An asura. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Stanza 24, that this asura was the son born to Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. It was this Vegavān who took rebirth as the prince of Kekaya later. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 10).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit