Kumbhakarṇa
mythological figure · 1 work · 17 mentions · 46 anchored passages
enemy of the gods · ever deep in slumber · lord of rākṣasas · son of Viśravas · that mighty one · the tiger among rākṣasas · tiger among rākṣasas
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Rāvaṇa's brother, whose death is listed among the culminating events of the war.
The death of Kumbhakarṇa, the slaying of Meghanāda, the destruction of Rāvaṇa, and the recovery of Sītā in the enemy's city —
and Kumbhakarṇa, ever deep in slumber, of great strength.
Then that great monkey leaped into the dwelling of Kumbhakarṇa, resembling a thundercloud, and likewise into that of Vibhīṣaṇa.