[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) › c9.4382 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4382 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4382 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4382) VIKṢARA. A noble asura born to Kaśyapa Prajāpati by his wife Danu. The most powerful of the Dānavas (asuras) given birth to by Danu, were Vikṣara, Bala, Vira and Vṛtra. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Stanza 33). Of these Vikṣara took rebirth later as King Vasumitra. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 41). - [Previous: c9.4381](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4381) - [Next: c9.4383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4383) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.65.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4382) · Pramāṇa