Hiraṇyākṣa
Hiranyaksha (, ), also known as Hiranyanetra () was an asura king as per Hindu history. He is described to have submerged the earth and terrorised the three worlds. He was slain by the Varaha (wild boar) avatar of Vishnu, who rescued the earth goddess Bhumi and restored order to the earth.
Key facts
- Deity.name
- Hiranyaksha
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.children
- Andhaka
- Deity.image
- Varaha and Hiranyaksha.jpg
- Deity.alt
- Hiranyaksha
- Deity.caption
- Varaha battles the Hiranyaksha, Scene from the Bhagavata Purana by Manaku of Guler (c. 1740)
- Deity.consort
- Rushabhanu
- Deity.affiliation
- Asura
- Deity.siblings
- Hiranyakashipu (Older brother)Holika (younger sister)
- Deity.parents
- Kashyapa and Diti
- Deity.abode
- Patala
- Deity.weapon
- Mace
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Hiranyaksha (, ), also known as Hiranyanetra () was an asura king as per Hindu history. He is described to have submerged the earth and terrorised the three worlds. He was slain by the Varaha (wild boar) avatar of Vishnu, who rescued the earth goddess Bhumi and restored order to the earth.
==Legend== right|thumb|The boar avatar Varaha, the third incarnation of Vishnu, stands in front of the decapitated body of the asura Hiranyaksha Some of the Puranas present Hiranyaksha as the son of Diti and Kashyapa. Having performed austerities to propitiate Brahma, Hiranyaksha received the boon of invulnerability of meeting his death by neither any god, man, nor beast.