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  • ...curse of the sage Durvāsas. Lord [[Viṣṇu]] advised him to make up with the demons and with their help, churn the ocean of milk, out of which amṛta could be ...he gods were inebriated by the new strength and vigor. The gods routed the demons and regained all they had lost.
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  • ...cean that lies in the celestial region of the cosmos. The demigods and the demons made a plan to churn the milk ocean to produce the nectar of immortality. T ...orted the mountain on His back. With the demigods at Vasuki's tail and the demons at his head, they churned the milk ocean for one thousand years.
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  • ...emerged out of Viṣṇu’s body. He woke up from his sleep and killed the two demons with his discus.
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  • ...Devīmāhātmya<ref>Devīmāhātmya 1</ref> [[Madhu]] and Kaitabha were the two demons who came out of the ears of Lord [[Viṣṇu]] when he was asleep. They tri ...dy and manifested herself to Brahmā, Viṣṇu woke up and fought with the two demons. Finding it difficult to subdue them, he had to pray to the Divine Mother f
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  • ...Her mouth and tongue were of immense proportions. She could kill troups of demons at one stroke and could swallow several elephants in a gulp.
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  • Raktacāmuṇḍā literally means 'the destroyer of the demons [[Caṇḍa]] and [[Muṇḍa]] who is blood-red in color’. ...Mother [[Durgā]] gave the name [[Cāmuṇḍā]] to Kālī, who destroyed the two demons [[Caṇḍa]] and [[Muṇḍa]].
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  • ...oing on invasion for conquest and requested to destroy the [[rākṣasas]] or demons. ...e total annihilation of [[rākṣasas]] and [[asuras]]<ref>[[Asuras]] are the demons.</ref> by pushing them into the nether worlds from where there is no return
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  • ...fourth of the nether worlds. Maya, the chief engineer and architect of the demons, lives here. He is protected by [[Śiva]] himself. Terrible serpents known
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  • When the [[asuras]]<ref>Non-gods or demons.</ref> were winning the battles against the [[Deva]]-s (Gods), the worried ...bration of the victory of the gods under the leadership of Indra over the demons and was celebrated in Gujarat till the 12th century CE. It was held on Aśv
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  • ...of Śukrācārya, the [[guru]] of the [[rākṣasas]].<ref>[[Rākṣasas]] are the demons.</ref> When he went away for [[tapas]], Saṇḍa and Amarka acted as the p
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  • * Mahāviṣṇu in his Varāha<ref>Varāha means Boar.</ref> incarnation killed the demons by entering the Rasātala [[loka]]. * He killed the demons [[Madhu]] and [[Kaitabha]] taking the Hayagrīva form.<ref>It is the form w
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  • ...aughter of Sukrācārya, the teacher of the [[asuras]].<ref>[[Asuras]] means demons.</ref> Since he refused to take the old-age of his father in exchange for h
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  • [[Devas and Asuras]] literally means the Gods and Demons.
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  • ...mudra is milk-ocean.</ref> at the time of its churning by the gods and the demons. [[Indra]] chose to accept it as his royal horse.<ref>[[Bhāgavata]] 8.8</r
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  • [[Caṇḍa]] and Muṇḍa were two fierce demons who worked under the demon king Sumbha as chiefs of a section of his army.
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  • ...hing after a particularly humiliating defeat by the hands of [[asuras]] or demons, was able to regain his sovereignty due to the power of the amulet tied on ...<blockquote>‘I tie on you that whereby [[Bali]], the very powerful king of demons, was bound. O protective amulet! Don’t slip off, Don’t slip off.</block
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  • Rākṣasas literally means ‘beings from whom one seeks to protect oneself,’ ‘demons’. # The naktañcaras are the demons and fiends who wander about during nights, devouring human beings and distu
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  • Svāyambhuvaliṅgas are not carved or made by human beings or sages or demons but have manifested by themselves.
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  • * Decimation of Khara, Duṣaṇa and Triśiras along with their army of 14,000 demons by Śri Rāma
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  • ...tṛs or manes born of the sage [[Atri]]. They are described as the manes of demons like the [[daityas]] and [[dānavas]] as also demigods like yakṣas, the g
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