Jatāsura

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jatasura. (Discuss)

Jatasura or Jatāsura (जटासुर) was a Rakshasa who disguised himself as a Brahman and carried Yudhishthira, Sahadeva, Nakula, and Draupadi. He was overtaken and killed by Bhima.

[edit] Reference

  • Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology


Hinduism | Hindu mythology | Itihasa
Female Deities: Gayatri | Saraswati | Lakshmi | Dakshayani | Parvati | Durga | Shakti | Kali | Sita | Devi | Radha | Mahavidya | more...
Male Deities: Brahma | Vishnu | Shiva | Rama | Krishna | Ganesha | Kartikeya | Hanuman | Lakshmana | Indra | Surya | more...
Texts: Vedas | Upanishads | Puranas | Ramayana | Mahabharata
This box: view • talk • edit
 This Hindu mythology-related article is a stub. See the WikiProject Hindu mythology for article coordination. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../j/a/t/Jat%C4%81sura.html"