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Kamsa

demonic earth Hindu single tradition · 4

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #588 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
200 BCE
Attested period
-200 – 2020
Historical notes
Referenced in Patanjali's Mahabhashya through the term Kamsavadha (killing of Kamsa).

Relationships

co occurs with
Vamana, Lakshmi, Rama, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Buddha, Kalki, Balarama, Narsimha, Parashurama, Prithu, Mohini, Yajna, Dattatreya, Adishakti, Brahma, Himavan, Trimūrti, Mahishasura, Yogamaya, Ravana, Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Śeṣa, Vishnu
enemy of
Krishna, Durga
child of
Drumila

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Gandharva
  2. List of Hindu deities
  3. Durga
  4. Krishna

Source passages

“Krishna, a central character in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita, the slayer of Kamsa.”

#22333 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“When Kamsa attempted to slay her, she manifested her true form of an eighteen-armed goddess, wearing a garland of lemons. The goddess announced that Kamsa's slayer had already been born, before vanishing.”

#30688 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In his commentary on Pāṇini's verse 3.1.26, he also uses the word Kamsavadha or the 'killing of Kamsa', an important part of the legends surrounding Krishna.”

#37889 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5