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Hiranyakashipu

Asura king armed with a boon that no man or beast, weapon, day or night, indoors or outdoors, could kill him; father and tormentor of Prahlada; slain by Narasimha at dusk on the threshold. The second hostile birth of the gatekeeper Jaya.

Sources: Prahlada — Wikipedia; Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase); Jaya-Vijaya — Wikipedia · see Hiranyakashipu's web

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Hiranyakashipu received a boon from

Brahma (God) · The boon that had a loophole: Hiranyakashipu
Bhagavata 7.3.35-38; Shiva Purana gives a different exclusion list.
Brahma (God) · Prahlada and the man-lion
Not by man or beast, weapon, day or night, indoors or out.

Stories 4

The boon that had a loophole: Hiranyakashipu
Legend · as the asura who asks · 2 tellings
Vishnumoorthi comes down in the Theyyam
Folk tale · as the demon king who is killed · 2 tellings
Prahlada and the man-lion
Legend · as antagonist · 3 tellings
The gatekeepers who chose three hostile births
Legend · as second birth · 2 tellings

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Prahlada — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) Primary text (translation)
Jaya-Vijaya — Wikipedia Encyclopedia

Hiranyakashipu

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Hiranyakashipu received a boon from

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