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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...
- 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...
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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....
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- wife of Shiva. However,
their marriage is
threatened when the
demon king
Shumbha (along with his
brother Nishumbha)
expresses his
desire to
marry Parvati...
