Nalakuvara
Nalakuvara is the son of Kubera, the king of the Yaksha, and the consort of Rambha. Outraged by the assault on his consort Rambha, Nalakuvara curses Ravana to have his head burst into seven pieces if he ever committed violence against a woman out of lust.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Ramayana.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Ravana
- co occurs with
- Revanta, Bhadra, Manigriva, Tower King, Hārītī, Padmāvatī, Pañcika, Manibhadra, Pūrṇabhadra, Pārśvanātha Tirthankara, Pāyila, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, Guhyakas, Krishna, Vishnu, Nārada, Vaiśravaṇa
- sibling of
- Manibhadra, Mayuraja, Minakshi, Manigriva
- has aspect
- Nezha
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Rambha is described as the consort of Nalakuvara, the son of Kubera, the king of the Yaksha.”
#8035 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Bhagavata Purana, Kubera's son Nalakuvara and Manigriva are described as Guhyakas.”
#8158 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He is described to have a brother named Nalakuvara. Once, Manibhadra and Nalakuvara were playing with their respective wives...Narada wanted to teach the brothers a lesson and cursed them to be turned into trees.”
#28808 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Bhadrā and Kubera had three sons named Nalakuvara, Manigriva and Mayuraja, and a daughter named Minakshi.”
#30184 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nalakuvara was transmitted through Buddhist texts into China, where he became known as Nezha (known earlier as Nazha). It has been suggested by Shahar that the legends surrounding Nezha are a combination of the mythology of Nalakuvara and the child-god Krishna”
#36362 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5