Rukmakavaca
Rukmakavaca · rukma-kavaca, “the one with golden armour”
Kambalabarhisha has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kambalabarhisha.
Rukmakavaca is a king of the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu, the excellent son of Kambalabarhisha and the father of Parājit. In battle he slew a hundred excellent armoured archers and gained the highest śrī.
His birth and his deed
The Brahma Purāṇa tells the line of Śaśabindu: his son Pṛthuśravas, then Antara, Suyajña, Ushata, devoted to his own dharma, Śineyu, scorcher of enemies, and the rājarshi Maruta. Maruta’s eldest son was Kambalabarhisha. Near death, Kambalabarhisha wished for a son with excellent descendants and performed a great observance of dharma. After a hundred were born to him, one excellent son was born: Rukmakavaca. Rukmakavaca slew in battle, with sharp arrows, a hundred excellent archers who wore armour, and gained the highest śrī.
His line
To Rukmakavaca was born Parājit, slayer of enemies. Parājit had five sons, great heroes, unconquered: Rukmeshu, Pṛthurukma, Jyāmagha, Pālita and Hari.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15