In Hindu mythology, Rambha was an asura.
Rambha and Karambha were the Asura brothers, born as the descendants of Danu. When they were young, both decided to do penance to get special powers to establish the rule of Danavas in the universe.
Rambha started penance standing inside burning fire to please Agni Deva, while Karambha stood inside water to please Varuna Deva. When Indra came to know about them, he decided to kill both the brothers. Firstly, he converted himself into crocodile and killed Karambha inside the water. But Agni Deva saved Rambha when Indra tried to kill him. Finally, Rambha got boon from Agni Deva that he would not be killed by any God, demon or human. Rambha became really powerful after getting boon. He started mass killing of humans and other living beings.
Once, he saw a water buffalo and fell in love with her. So he converted himself into a water ox and started living with her. While buffalo was pregnant, an another male ox got attracted towards her. Rambha and that stranger ox had a long fight and finally Rambha got killed by ox. Later, that ox got killed by the soldiers of Rambha. Buffalo gave birth to a demon Mahishasura. As he was born out of the union of a buffalo and converted ox, so he had ability to change between human and buffalo form at will.
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