Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4459

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2) Other details. (i) Simhikā was the wife of Vipracitti. This Simhikā was the sister of Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa and the daughter of Kaśyapa and Diti. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 15).
(ii) It was this Vipracitti who took rebirth later as Jarāsandha. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 4).
(iii) Vipracitti stays in the palace of Varuṇa praising and glorifying him. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 12).
(iv) When Mahāviṣṇu took the form of Vāmana and began to measure the three worlds, Vipracitti with some asuras surrounded Vāmana. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātya pāṭha, Chapter 38).
(v) In Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 12, a statement occurs to the effect that in days of old, Mahāviṣṇu took the form of Indra and killed Vipracitti.
(vi) In the war between Devas and asuras, Vipracitti was killed by Indra. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 47, Stanza 11).