Shishupala Vadha

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The Shishupala Vadha (śiśupāla-vadha "the slaying of Shishupala") is a work of classical Sanskrit poetry, one of the Mahakavya or "great poems". It was composed in ca. the 8th century by Magh, hence also called Magha-kavya.

The tale is that of Shishupala, king of the Chedis inhabiting a country in central India, probably the same as Bundelkhand. Shishupala challenged Krishna to fight, upon which the latter struck his head off with his discus.

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