The daughter of the guru Upavarsha. See Vararuchi.

A warrior in Skanda’s army as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 45 verse 57.

Keechaka, the brother-in-law of the king of Virata, had 105 brothers, who were called Upakeechakas. Keechaka and his siblings were born from the ansh of an asura named Kalakeya. When the Pandavas were living in exile Keechaka lusted after Draupadi and was killed by Bhima. The Upakeechakas got to know of this and decided to burn Draupadi in their brother’s pyre. They carried Draupadi to the burning ground, but her screams brought Bhima there. He uprooted a tree and killed all 105 Upakeechakas as per Mahabharata Virataparva Chapter 23.

A sage from southern India. The Mahabharata Shantiparva Chapter 208 verse 28 mentions him.

A beautiful woman who was the daughter of a Vaishya in Shravasti. He requested the king Devasena to marry her, but thatnks to some jealous courtiers, the marriage didn’t happen. However, the king’s commander married her. The king later happened to see her and realised his folly. The king finally died pining for her. This was related by Udayana’s minister Yaugandhanarayana as per Kathasaritasagara Lavanakalambaka Taranga 1.

The attendant that Parvati gifted Skanda as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 46 verse 51.

One of the two attendants Yama gave Skanda. The other was called Pramaadha as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 45 verse 30.

An apsara.

The gandharva king Hamsa had a commander named Durmada. Durmada once lusted after Urvashi. That was when Urvashi was living with Pururavas as his wife. Urvashi repeatedly ignored Durmada’s pleas. Once Urvashi and Pururavas were at the court of Indra and planned a rendezvous in Indra’s garden – Nandavana. Durmada heard of this and hatched a plot along with Unmada. Durmada and Unmada took the forms of Pururavas and Urvashi respectively.  The original Pururavas and Urvashi mistook Unmada and Durmada to be originals and mated with them. Durmada gave the plot away by laughing loudly. Pururavas and Unmada too reached there. Urvashi cursed that Durmada would be born a rakshasa and Unmada a human princess, who would love one person and end up marrying another. They begged for forgiveness and Urvashi said that Durmada would be born as Unmada’s son. Unmada would watch her husband and son die and jump into a pyre herself and would thus attain moksha. As per Brhamandapurana Chapter 3, Durmada was born as Pingaksha, son of Dirkhajankha, who was the king of Hiranyapura and Unmada was born as Harini, daughter of the king of Videha.

Pingaksha was enamoured of Harini and carried her away through the sky. When Harini began wailing, Pingaksha left her in a forest. A king called Vasumanas reached there and in the battle that followed, he killed Pingaksha. Vasumanas heard all that had happened from Harini and sent her on a horse named Jimuta to Videha. Her father was very happy and wanted to marry her to Vasumanas. Several kings were invited for the wedding. But a king named Bradrashrenya took Harini away by force. Though Vasumanas battled Bhadrashrenya, he lost . Another king named Divodasa then defeated Bhadrashrenya but left him alive. Bhadrashrenya took Harini to his palace and married her. A son was born to them and was named Durmada. (an incarnation of Pingaksha) He grew up and forcibly took his uncle’s daughter Chitrangi, and she had a child. Meanwhile Bhadrashrenya once again fought Divodasa and lost. Durmada tried to help his father but failed. Vasumanas tried to use this opportunity but lost to Bhadrashrenya. However both Bhadrashrenya and Durmada died in battle. Harini was saddened by this and jumped into a pyre as per Brahmandapurana Chapter 3.

A rakshasa warrior. He was killed in the Rama – Ravana war as per Agnipurana Chapter 10.

Antecedents: Vishnu – Brahma – Heti – Vidyukesha – Sukesha – Malyavan – Unmatta.

Brahma’s son Heti had a wife named Bhaya and their son was Vidyukesha. Sukesha was born to Vidyukesha and Salakatanka. Sukesha married Devavati and their sons were Mali, Sumali, Malyavan. Malyavan’s wife was Sundari and they had seven sons – Vajramushti, Virupaksha, Durmukha, Suptalakhna, Yajjakosha, Matta, Unmatta. They also had a daughter named Nala. Sumali’s children were Prahasta, Akambana, Vikata, Kalakamukha, Dhrumaksha, Danda, Suparshwa, Samhrada, Prakvata, Bhasakarna, Veka, Pushpolkada, Kaikesi, Kumbhinadi, of which the last four were girls. Prahasta’s sister was Ravana’s mother Kaikasi.

A part of Vayu. It is believed that Vayu is Vishnu’s breath. The scriptures mention 49 types of Marutas. The seven important vayus among them are Pravaha, Avaha, Udvaha, Samvaha, Vivaha, Parivaha, Paravaha. Udvaha is mentioned in Mahabharata Shantiparva Chapter 329.