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The Tripura demons
Tarakaksha · Kamalaksha · Vidyunmali · Tripurasura
The three sons of Taraka who won from Brahma three flying cities of iron, silver and gold, built by the architect Maya…
Andhaka
The blind demon born of the sweat of Parvati's hands when she covered Shiva's eyes, adopted by Hiranyaksha, who lusted…
Dushana
Dushan
The demon of the Ujjain temple legend who joined two hostile kings against the city of the Shiva-devotee king…
Jalandhara
The ocean-born asura whose wife Vrinda's fidelity made him invincible until Vishnu broke it; killed by Shiva.
Bhimasura
In popular temple tellings, a son of Kumbhakarna who imprisoned the devotee Kamarupa and was struck down by Shiva's…
Taraka
Tarakasura
The demon whose boon made him killable only by a son of Shiva, the reason the gods sent Kama and the reason Kartikeya…
Gajasura
The elephant-demon whose head, in the Shiva Purana's telling as summarised, replaced the head of Parvati's son. Stub…