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- Shumbha (शुम्भ) and Nishumbha (निशुम्भ) are two asuras in Hindu mythology, featured in the Devi Mahatmya. In their legend, they were slain by the goddess...
- Shumbha and Nishumbha. One day, they set their eyes upon Parvati and were overwhelmed by her beauty. They carried reports of this goddess to Shumbha....
- Parvati. She was created before Parvati's conflict with the asura brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha, and was also the reason the Matrikas come into existence...
- Raktabīja) is an asura in Hinduism. According to the Puranas, he fought with Shumbha and Nishumbha against the goddesses Kali and Chandi, both forms of Durga...
- of the origin of Chandika is as follows: Long time ago, the demon kings Shumbha and Nishumbha had captured the kingdom of the god-king of heaven - Indra...
- golden border. The story of Mahagauri's origins is as follows: The demons Shumbha and Nishumbha could only be killed by a virgin, unmarried form of Parvati...
- According to legends, Rambha was reborn as Raktabīja, the army commander of Shumbha and Nishumbha. Raktabīja secured from Shiva a boon according to which if...
- After this, they are threatened by the demon duos Shumbha and Nishumbha, another sons of Diti. Shumbha falls in love with Parvati. He orders Chanda and...
- like the Buddhist goddesses Vajravārāhī and Marichi According to the Shumbha-Nishumbha story of the Devi Mahatmya from the Markandeya Purana religious...
- and a blood-filled skull cup, and she eventually kills the demon king, Shumbha.[citation needed] Other scriptural references to Kalaratri include the...