Deities and sacred beings
Deities, sages, kings, places and principles compiled from the Puranas. Search, filter and open each profile.
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Prahlada
प्रह्लादPrahlada is Hindu tradition's model child-devotee: son of Hiranyakashipu, central to the Narasimha avatara narrative, whose fearless devotio…
Hiranyakashipu
हिरण्यकशिपुHiranyakashipu is the mightiest daitya-emperor of puranic legend: son of Kashyapa and Diti, father of Prahlada, whose pride and boon-won inv…
Bali (the asura king)
बलिBali (Mahabali), grandson of Prahlada and son of Virochana, is the mighty and famously generous king of the daitya realm: the bountiful hero…
Narakasura
नरकासुरNarakasura (Bhauma), so called as the son of Bhumi the earth, was the tyrant asura king of Pragjyotishapura in the eastern region. He oppres…
Maya Danava
मय दानवMaya Danava is the celebrated architect of the danavas and master of the building art; it was he who made the three cities of the Tripura as…
Ravana
रावणRāvaṇa is the rākṣasa king of Laṅkā, son of the sage Viśravā and Kaikasī and half-brother of Kubera; from his ten heads he is called Daśakan…
Putana
पूतनाPūtanā is the demoness sent by Kaṁsa, who came to Gokula in the guise of a beautiful woman intending to kill the infant Krishna with a poiso…
Vibhishana
विभीषणVibhīṣaṇa is the younger brother of Rāvaṇa and the righteous one among the rākṣasas of Laṅkā, who counselled the return of Sītā and, being r…
Pancajana
पंचजनPancajana is the asura in whose belly the dead son of Sandipani lay. At SB 3.3.2 Uddhava says that Krishna, having learned the Veda from San…
Sambara
शम्बरSambara is the asura slain by Krishna. At SB 3.3.11 Uddhava lists him with Dvivida, Bana, Mura and Balvala, and with others such as Dantavak…
Dvivida
द्विविदDvivida is an asura, listed among those Krishna slew at SB 3.3.11: 'shambaM divividaM bANaM muraM balvalam eva cha'. Uddhava gives this list…
Bana
बाणBana is an asura, listed among those slain by Krishna at SB 3.3.11: 'shambaM divividaM bANaM muraM balvalam eva cha'. Uddhava notes that Kri…
Mura
मुरMura is an asura, in the list of those slain by Krishna at SB 3.3.11: 'shambaM divividaM bANaM muraM balvalam eva cha'. Uddhava gives this l…
Balvala
बल्वलBalvala is an asura, listed at SB 3.3.11 with Sambara, Dvivida, Bana and Mura among those Krishna slew. In the phrase 'balvalam eva cha', an…
Dantavakra
दन्तवक्रDantavakra is an asura, named at SB 3.3.11 as the first of those others Krishna slew or had slain: 'anyAMsh cha dantavaktrAdIn'. The word 'A…