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Hiranyakashipu (Sanskrit: हिरण्यकशिपु, IAST: Hiraṇyakaśipu), also
known as Hiranyakashyap, was a
daitya king of the
asuras in the Puranas. In Hinduism...
- in the
Satya Yuga. He
incarnated as a part-lion, part-man and
killed Hiranyakashipu,
ended religious ****cution and
calamity on earth, and
restored dharma...
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Prahlada by
disimboweling and
killing his evil father, the
asura king
Hiranyakashipu.
Prahlada is
described as a
saintly boy,
known for his
innocence and...
- over evil, as it
commemorates the
victory of
Vishnu as
Narasimha over
Hiranyakashipu. Holi
originated and is
predominantly celebrated in the
Indian subcontinent...
- Simhika, is an
asuri in Hinduism. She is the
sister of the asura-kings
Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha, and the
paternal aunt of Prahlada. The
legend of Holika...
- "man-lion",
known as Narasimha, to
vanquish the
oppressive asura king
Hiranyakashipu and
protect his
devotee Prahlada. The
legend of
Narasimha represents...
- beings—the
Daityas and the Maruts. The most
prominent of her sons were
Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha, Vajranaka, Arunasura,
Raktabija and Surapadman. Diti also...
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being can have that.
Hiranyakashipu must ask for
something else.
Hiranyakashipu asks Lord
Brahma to make it that he,
Hiranyakashipu,
cannot be
killed by...
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Narasimha who
disemboweled and
killed Sharabha, a form of
Shiva and
Hiranyakashipu at the same time in
Hindu texts. The two
headed eagle is
holding two...
- his wife, Diti.
Prominent members of this race
include Hiranyaksha,
Hiranyakashipu, and Mahabali, all of whom
overran the earth, and
required three of...
