Bṛhatkīrti (Asura)
Bṛhatkīrti · bṛhat-kīrti, “of great fame”
Bṛhatkīrti has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bṛhatkīrti.
Bṛhatkīrti was an asura, one of the great warriors who fought Bhagavān Vāmana at the yajña of Bali. The Brahma Purāṇa names him with Vipracitti and Śambara when it tells the avatāras of Vishṇu.
Against Vāmana
At the yajña of Bali, the mighty Vishṇu threw the great asuras into turmoil with his three steps. The warriors from Vipracitti and Bṛhatkīrti to Śambara, whom the text here calls rākshasas, marched to battle. They carried śataghnīs, cakras, musalas, bhindipālas, śūlas, mortars, axes, pāśas, mudgaras, iron bars and great rocks. Their faces were like those of tortoises, cocks, owls, donkeys, camels, boars, crocodiles, buffaloes, horses and many other beasts and birds. Some wore elephant hide and black antelope skin, some turbans and some crowns. All of them came at Hari with their weapons.
Vishṇu struck them with his feet and the palms of his hands and took back the earth. Step by step he covered it, growing until the moon and the sun were at his chest and then at his navel, until he covered everything. He gave the whole earth to Indra.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 213
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 213