Nikumbha
Nikumbha
Nikumbha 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.
People
- Nikumbha (son of Haryaśva): a king of the Ikshvāku line devoted to kshatra-dharma, son of Haryaśva and father of Saṃhatāśva. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
- Nikumbha (Mahātmā of Kāśī): the mahātmā by whose śāpa the kshetra of Kāśī stayed empty for a thousand years in the time of King Divodāsa, as Kshemaka, Nikumbha’s Śāpa and the Rebuilding of Vārāṇasī tells. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11
- Nikumbha (Rākshasa of Laṅkā): a rākshasa of Rāvaṇa‘s side in Laṅkā, killed by Śrī Rāma in the great war with Prahasta and Kumbhakarṇa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 176
- Nikumbha: an asura, the father of Sunda and Upasunda in the Mahābhārata, and in the Harivaṃśa the chief of the Shaṭpura asuras, killed by Śrī Kṛshṇa‘s Sudarśana cakra. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapters 210–211; Hari Vamśa Purāṇa, Vishṇu Parva, Chapters 84–87, 90–92
- Nikumbha (Ancestor of Hirbu): the ancestor in whose line the dānava Hirbu was born, as Bṛhaspati tells Devendra. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 12