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KIKUMBHA.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology]
1. A
Rakshasa who fought against Rama. He was son of Kumbhakarna.
2. A Asura
who, according to the Harivansa, received the boon from Brahman that
he should die only by the hands of Vishnu. He was king of Shatpura and
had great magical powers, so that he could multiply himself into many
forms, though he commonly assumed only three. He carried off the daughters
of Brahmadatta, the friend of Krishna, and that here attacked him and
killed him under different forms more than once, but he was eventually
slain outright by Krishna, and the city of Shatpura was given to Brahmadatta.
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