Asura · All traditions · Pan-India

Puloman the rakshasa

Also called: Puloma (rakshasa)

The rakshasa to whom Puloma had first been promised. He questions the household fire, carries Puloma off in the form of a boar and falls to ashes at the sight of the new-born Chyavana (Mahabharata, Adi Parva 5-6).

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Puloman the rakshasa's web

Relations 1

Puloman the rakshasa slain by

Chyavana (Sage) · Bhrigu curses Agni to eat everything
The rakshasa turns to ashes at the sight of the new-born child.

Stories 1

Bhrigu curses Agni to eat everything
From the epics · as the rakshasa who questions the fire · 3 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § adi.5-6 Primary text (translation)