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HIRANYAKASIPU.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] 'Golden
dress.' A Daitya who, according to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, obtained
from Siva the sovereignty of the three worlds for a million of years,
and persecuted his son Prahlada for worshipping Vishnu. He was slain
by Vishnu in the Narasinha, or man-lion incarnation. He and Hiranyaksha
were twin brothers and chiefs of the Daityas.
HIRANYAKSHA.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] 'Golden
eye.' A Daitya who dragged the earth to the depths of the ocean. He was
twin brother of Hiranyakasipu, and was killed by Vishnu in the Boar incarnation.
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