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Hiranyakashipu

हिरण्यकशिपु

Also known as दैत्येन्द्र · Daityendra (lord of the Daityas)

Hiranyakashipu is the mightiest daitya-emperor of puranic legend: son of Kashyapa and Diti, father of Prahlada, whose pride and boon-won invulnerability are undone in the Narasimha narrative. In SB 1.3.18 he is the 'daityendra' torn apart by Narasimha's claws (epithet explicit; name by unanimous tradition).

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.3.18 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=369178)