Mahishasura
Mahishasura is a demon who was destroyed by Durga the warrioress with the aid of her vehicle, lion, which was given by her father Himalaya, for the stated purpose.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1100 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Uluka, Akhuketana, Jalandhara, Tulja Mata, Adishakti, Lalita Tripurasundari, Raktabeeja, Mookasura, Bhandasura, Matang, Kukur, Durgamasura, Yogamaya, Bhu, Śiva, Ganesha, Himalaya, Mushika, Satis, Chanda, Munda, Menavati, Narasimha, Ambika, Rudra, Lakshmi, kali, Vishnu, Kārtikeya, devi, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Matrikas, Mahadevi, Sarasvati, Himavan, Kamsa, Brahma, Trimūrti, Sri
- enemy of
- Chamunda, Parvati, Bhavani, Durga, Jagaddhatri, Mahishasuramardini, Katyayini Durga
- manifests as
- Karindrasura
- syncretized with
- Pothurāja
Mentioned by
- Śiva
- Ganesha
- Himalaya
- Mushika
- Satis
- Chanda
- Munda
- Menavati
- Narasimha
- Ambika
- Rudra
- Lakshmi
- kali
- Vishnu
- Kārtikeya
- devi
and 13 more
Sources
Source passages
“Durga the warrioress could not have destroyed the demon Mahishasura without the aid of her vehicle, lion, which was given by her father Himalaya, for the stated purpose.”
#22524 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Here, the goddess is identified with Durga, who killed the buffalo demon, Mahishasura.”
#23088 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Mahishasuramardini ('the One who killed the demon Mahishasura)”
#29277 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to the Devi Mahatmya, after the asura Mahishasura was slain by Durga”
#29932 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Bhavānī is worshipped in the form of a granite image, 3 feet (0.91 m) tall, with eight arms that hold weapons and one hand in abhayā mūdra (giving blessings to devotees), she kills the demon Mahishasura in 4 different forms which are Katyayani (10-armed), Mahalakshmi (18-armed/1000 armed Devī Ćaṇḍika from Durgā Saptaśatī), Ugrachanda (18-armed) and Bhadrakali (16-armed).”
#30280 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001