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Hiranyaksha (Sanskrit: हिरण्याक्ष, lit. 'golden-e****', IAST: Hiraṇyākṣa), also
known as
Hiranyanetra (Sanskrit: हिरण्यनेत्र) is an
asura in
Hindu mythology...
- the
asura Hiranyaksha stole the
earth and hid her in the
primordial waters,
Vishnu appeared as
Varaha to
rescue her.
Varaha killed Hiranyaksha, and retrieved...
- and the Maruts. The most
prominent of her sons were Hiranyakashipu,
Hiranyaksha, Vajranaka, Arunasura,
Raktabija and Surapadman. Diti also had a daughter...
- in the Puranas. In
Hindu mythology, Hiranyakashipu's
younger brother,
Hiranyaksha, was
slain by the
Varaha (wild boar)
avatar of Vishnu.
Angered by this...
- mythology, Varaha, the
third avatar of Vishnu,
saved her from the
asura Hiranyaksha and
later married her,
making her one of his consorts. She is regarded...
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various avatars of Vishnu. They were
incarnated as
Hiranyakashipu and
Hiranyaksha in the
Satya Yuga,
Ravana and
Kumbhakarna in the
Treta Yuga, and finally...
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Hiranyakashipu and his
brother Hiranyaksha in
Satya Yuga, when they were both
vanquished by
earlier avatars of
Vishnu (
Hiranyaksha by Varaha, and Hiranyakashipu...
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elder brother Hiranyaksha practices penance and
obtains a boon from
Brahma which makes him
invincible by any
animal or human.
Hiranyaksha captures earth...
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Kashyapa and his wife, Diti.
Prominent members of this race
include Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu, and Mahabali, all of whom
overran the earth, and required...
- his
uncle and aunt,
Hiranyaksha and Holika, he
continues to
worship Vishnu, and
Vishnu as
Varaha kills his
paternal uncle Hiranyaksha by
piercing and crushing...
