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Krishna slays Trinavarta, depicted on a folio. Trinavarta (Sanskrit: तृणावर्त, IAST: Tṛṇāvarta) is an asura who is featured in Hindu literature, most prominently in the Bhagavata Purana. [1] He is described to be a whirlwind asura dispatched by Kamsa to murder Krishna, but is slain by the deity instead. [2]
Cāṇūra - a pugilist asura who served Kamsa, slain by Krishna in a wrestling match. [9] Kamsa - The tyrannical ruler of Mathura and uncle of Krishna who was slain to fulfil a prophecy, regarded as an asura by the Padma Purana. Pañcajana - A conch-shaped asura slew Krishna's preceptor's son, destroyed by Krishna under the sea. [10]
Bala Krishna with his brother Balarama and the cowherd boys were enjoying their pastimes with their cows near the banks of the Yamuna river, while in other accounts they were in the forests of Gokul. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Bakasura, in the form of a crane with a sharp beak, swooped down from the sky and swallowed Krishna, but he felt intense heat in his ...
However, Krishna blew his conch and instantly, Banasura's charioteer was killed and his chariot broken and shattered. When Shiva's forces had been defeated, Jvara, the embodiment of Shiva's fever, bearing three heads and three feet, attacked Krishna with scorching heat. Krishna produced his own Jvara of frigid coldness, and the two fought each ...
Krishna also killed Mura, Narakasura's general. Thus, Krishna is called 'Murāri' (the killer of Mura). [24] [25] Narakasura used several divine weapons against Krishna, but the latter easily countered all those weapons. Narakasura employed the Brahmastra against Krishna, but Krishna neutralised it with his own Brahmastra.
Aghasura (Sanskrit: अघासुर) is an asura featured in Hindu literature, most notably in the Bhagavata Purana. He was one of Kamsa's generals, [1] [2] and the elder brother of the demoness Putana and Bakasura. Agha is stated to be as one of the tribes that was in alliance with Kamsa. [3]
Kamsa (Sanskrit: कंस, IAST: Kaṃsa) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura.He is variously described in Hindu literature as either a human or an asura; The Puranas describe him as an asura, [2] [3] while the Harivamśa describes him as an asura reborn in the body of a man. [4]
Kalanemi responded by swallowing Krishna and Garuda whole, after which the deity sliced the asura's belly open with the Sudarshana Chakra, the celestial weapon cutting down masses of daitya warriors. Observing Taraka, Krishna spoke to Kartikeya: O Kumara, see the Lord of Daityas, who is like Kala (God of Death) at the close of a Yuga.