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Mahishasura (Sanskrit: महिषासुर, IAST: Mahiṣāsura) is a bovine asura in Hinduism. He is depicted in Hindu literature as a deceitful demon who pursued his evil ways by shape-shifting. [1] [2] [3] Mahishasura was the son of the asura Rambha and the brother of demoness, buffalo named Mahishi (demoness). [4]
SB 6.9.13-17: Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the colour of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun.
Ultimately, even as every drop of the blood that streamed from the asura was consumed by Kali, Raktabīja was beheaded by Durga and her axe. According to popular folklore, after killing Raktabīja and most of his entire army, the goddess Kali went on to kill all creatures in a fury, but was timely intervened by Shiva who laid himself in her path.
Later, when the asura Rahu was decapitated by Vishnu's Mohini avatar, the demon's allies attacked her and all except Kali were killed. Having the power to possess the bodies of immortal and mortal beings, he entered the hearts of man and escaped, using the men he possessed to corrupt the primordial scriptures by deliberately miswriting them ...
Vyomasura - A sky demon who abducted Krishna's friends inside caves, and was slain when Krishna hurled him against the earth and suffocated him. Śaṅkhacūḍa - A jealous asura who abducted several gopis at Vrindavana, slain by Krishna in a fight. [8] Cāṇūra - a pugilist asura who served Kamsa, slain by Krishna in a wrestling match. [9]
In the Atharvaveda (2nd millennium BCE), Keshi, the "hairy one", first appears as being described as a demon who attacks the unborn, though not in relation to Krishna. A line from passage 8.6 which describes evils that attack female fetuses reads as: "Let us keep the black asura Keśin, born in the reed clump, snout-mouthed and all other harmful creatures, away from her genitals and her loins ...
Shiva crushing Tripurasura; a sculpture found at Halebidu temple complex in Karnataka. Kartikeya is seen on left.. Tripurasura (Sanskrit ...
A vengeful demon who Sakonji captured and trapped on a mountain and was used for testing applicants for the Demon Slayer Corps. Unable to escape the mountain, he made it his goal to target and eat Sakonji's disciples as revenge, with only Giyu and Tanjiro, the one who would eventually kill him, surviving.