Narakasura
Sign in to saveNarakasura, also known as Naraka, was a mythical asura king, the legendary progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha. Though the myths about Naraka are first mentioned in the Mahabharata, later texts embellish them. According to later post-Vedic texts such as the Brahma Purana and Vishnu Purana, he was the son of Bhudevi, fathered by the Varaha incarnation of Vishnu. He was killed by Krishna and Satyabhama. His son Bhagadatta—of Mahabharata fame—succeeded him.
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Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Naraka
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- Information
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- Krishna and Satyabhama fighting Naraka's armies - Painting from the Metropolitan Museum
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- Male
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- Maya (Princess of Vidarbha)
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- Bhagadatta (son)
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- Dynasty
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- Bhauma
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- Narakāsura
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- Narakasura
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Literary development of the Naraka myths
- Legend
- Origin
- Birth
- Conquest
- Death
- Staircase story
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Narakasura, also known as Naraka, was a mythical asura king, the legendary progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha. Though the myths about Naraka are first mentioned in the Mahabharata, later texts embellish them. According to later post-Vedic texts such as the Brahma Purana and Vishnu Purana, he was the son of Bhudevi, fathered by the Varaha incarnation of Vishnu. He was killed by Krishna and Satyabhama. His son Bhagadatta—of Mahabharata fame—succeeded him.
The 10th/11th-century Kalika Purana embellishes the myths further and he is claimed to have come from Mithila and said to have established the kingdom of Pragjyotisha after overthrowing the last of the Kirata kings, Ghatakasura, of the Danava dynasty. It was foretold that he would be destroyed by a later incarnation of Vishnu. His mother, the earth, sought the boon from Vishnu that her son should have a long life, and that he should be all-powerful. Vishnu granted these boons.
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