Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4539

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4539

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VIRŪPĀKṢA III. One of the thirtythree notorious Dānavas (demons) born to Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 22, that it was this asura called Virūpākṣa, who had, later, taken rebirth as King Citravarmā.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit