Manigriva

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Manigriva is described as a Guhyaka and the son of Kubera in the Bhagavata Purana.

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When

First attested
400 BCE
Attested period
-400 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana.

Relationships

child of
Riddhi, Bhadra, Kubera

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Sources

Source passages

“In the Bhagavata Purana, Kubera's son Nalakuvara and Manigriva are described as Guhyakas.”

#8159 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He and his wife had three sons named Manigriva or Varna-kavi (Jinzha), Mayuraja (Muzha), and Nalakubara (Nezha); and a daughter called Minakshi (Zhenying).”

#21442 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“They had three sons: Nalakubara ("Reed-axle"), Manigriva ("Bejewled-neck") or Varna-kavi ("Colourful poet"), and Mayuraja ("king of animals resembling men"); and a daughter called Minakshi ("fish-eyed").”

#23219 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Bhadrā and Kubera had three sons named Nalakuvara, Manigriva and Mayuraja, and a daughter named Minakshi.”

#30185 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Nalakuvara, and his brother Manigriva, are cursed by the sage Narada into becoming trees. They are later liberated by the child-god Krishna.”

#36356 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5