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==Hiranyakshipu / [[:hi:हिरण्यकशिपु|हिरण्यकशिपु]]== | ==Hiranyakshipu / [[:hi:हिरण्यकशिपु|हिरण्यकशिपु]]== | ||
| − | *Name of a Daitya king, son of [[Kashyap]] by his wife [[Diti]], and the twin-brother of [[Hiranyaksh]]. | + | *Name of a Daitya (Daemon) king, son of [[Kashyap]] by his wife [[Diti]], and the twin-brother of [[Hiranyaksh]]. |
*Hiranyakashipu had obtained a boon from [[Brahma]] that he should not be slain by either god or man or animal, by night or by day, hence he be-came all-powerful. | *Hiranyakashipu had obtained a boon from [[Brahma]] that he should not be slain by either god or man or animal, by night or by day, hence he be-came all-powerful. | ||
*He prohibited his subjects from talking or thinking of [[Vishnu]], who he hated, specially more so after Vishnu had killed his brother Hiranyaksh. | *He prohibited his subjects from talking or thinking of [[Vishnu]], who he hated, specially more so after Vishnu had killed his brother Hiranyaksh. | ||
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Hiranyakshipu / हिरण्यकशिपु
- Name of a Daitya (Daemon) king, son of Kashyap by his wife Diti, and the twin-brother of Hiranyaksh.
- Hiranyakashipu had obtained a boon from Brahma that he should not be slain by either god or man or animal, by night or by day, hence he be-came all-powerful.
- He prohibited his subjects from talking or thinking of Vishnu, who he hated, specially more so after Vishnu had killed his brother Hiranyaksh.
- When, however, his pious son Prahlad praised Vishnu, Hiranyakashipu tried to kill him.
- Vishnu then took on his fourth incarnation. He appeared out of a pillar at twilight, in the form of Narsingh, half man, half lion, and tore Hiranyakashipu to pieces.