Caṇḍa

Caṇḍa, “fierce”

Caṇḍa is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Caṇḍeśvara: Caṇḍeśvara, born from the fire of Rudra, the attendant of Bhagavān Śiva who receives the nirmālya and completes every Śiva-pūjā. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 73–74, 76, 79, 83, 96–97, 148, 301

People

• Caṇḍa the Hunter: a hunter full of pāpa who kept Śivarātri without knowing it, and whom Vīrabhadra took with his wife Caṇḍā to Śiva‘s world. Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 154