Mayasura
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 Srikrishna offers mayasura to build a palace to Pandavas | |
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| Spouse(s) | Hema (Apsara) |
| Children | Mandodari |
In Hindu mythology, Maya (Sanskrit: मय), or Mayāsura (मयासुर) was a great ancient king of the asura, daitya and rākṣasa races.
In the Ramāyana
He built his capital and called it Maya Rashtra. MayaAsura is mentioned in Uttar-kãņḍa of Rāmāyaṇa and here he is said to be the son of Diti (wife of Kashyapa, a SaptaRisi),[1] He is the father of Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana, the king of Lanka.[2]
In the Mahābhārata
Maya Sabha on the inaugural day, with Pandava king Yudhishthira on the throne
See also
References
- ↑ Uttara Ramayana https://archive.org/stream/TheRamayanaUttaraKandam/The_Ramayana_djvu.txt
- ↑ Devahish Dasgupta. Tourism Marketing. Pearson Education India. p. 20. ISBN 978-81-317-3182-6. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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