Mura
Mura
Mura is a name used for more than one asura in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Mura of Prāgjyotisha: the five-headed asura who guarded Prāgjyotisha, the city of Narakāsura, and was killed by Bhagavān Kṛshṇa with the Sudarśana Cakra. Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, dākshiṇātya prati, Chapter 38; Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa, Vishṇu Parva; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 3, Chapter 3; Skandha 10, Chapters 14, 37, 59, 83, 85
- Mura of Candravatī: the asura of the Tālajaṅgha line who drove the devas out of svarga and was killed by Ekādaśī Devī with her huṅkāra. Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 38
- Murāsura: the dānava, son of Kaśyapa and Danu, who had the vara that anyone he touched with his hand would die, and whom Bhagavān Vishṇu slew. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 34, 35, 50, 64, 65
Named in passing
- Mura of Kali’s party: the great asura whom Bali sent to the devadeśa, who brought king Vārḍila under his power, told on Pratisarga Itihāsa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 22–23
- Mura beside Bali’s mūrti: a dānava named with Kushmāṇḍa and Bāṇa beside the mūrti of King Bali in the maṇḍala of the Dīpamālikā, told on Bāṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 140
- Murā, the herb: one of the herbs put into the vessel of the jala-dhenu, with kushṭha, khaśa, jaṭāmāṃsī, priyaṅgu and āmalaka. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 153