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Family: Viprachitti / Sinhika (F176)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Viprachitti

  
  

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  Father	Kashyap | F170 Group Sheet
  Mother	Danu | F170 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sinhika

  
  

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  Father	Kashyap | F168 Group Sheet
  Mother	Diti | F168 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Rahu

  
  

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• Sources

  [S85] WIKI.Viprachitti, Wiki, (Wikipedia), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viprachitti. Asura featured in Hindu texts Viprachitti is a danava featured in Hindu literature, a son of Kashyapa and Danu.[1] According to the Mahabharata, he becomes the king of the Danavas after his brother Puloman was killed by Indra. Viprachitti marries Siṃhikā, who is the sister of Hiranyakashipu and a daughter of Diti. He has a son named Svarbhanu. His army is stated to have defeated the devas under the guidance of Svarbhanu. He and his 13 sons were later killed by Goddess Raktadantika, an incarnation of Kali. Incarnation Viprachitti later incarnates as Jarasandha in the Mahabharata. See also Vemacitrin Danava Svarbhanu References ↑ A Classical Dictionary of India, p. 173 This Hindu mythology–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This information is sourced from Wikipedia, the leading online open-content collaborative (crowd-sourced) encyclopedia. Wikipedia and/or TransLiteral Foundations can not guarantee the validaity of content above and can not be held responsible for inaccuracies or libelious information within. Please see Wikipedia General Disclaimer.