rurus
demonic underworld Hindu single tradition · 1
Rurus are savage serpent-like beasts that torture sinners in the hell called Raurava. They are the forms taken by living beings who were harmed by the sinner during life. In Maharaurava, fierce rurus called kravyadas eat the flesh of those who indulged at the expense of other beings.
Relationships
- manifests as
- kravyadas
- co occurs with
- Yama-dutas, Naraka
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Sources
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Source passages
“The living beings hurt by such a man take the form of savage serpent-like beasts called rurus and torture this person... A person who indulges at the expense of other beings is afflicted with pain by fierce rurus called kravyadas.”
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