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Andhaka

Ilustración de Shiva matando al demonio Andhaka, 1590.

En la mitología hinduista, Andhaka es un malévolo ásura (‘demonio’, en el hinduismo tardío).

Para matarlo, el dios Shivá asumió la forma monstruosa de Virabhadra.[1][2][3]

  1. Kramrisch, Stella (1994): The Presence of Siva. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-01930-7, pág. 375.
  2. Collins, Charles Dillard (1988): The iconography and ritual of Siva at Elephanta. Nueva York: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-9953-5, pág. 58.
  3. Williams, George M. (2008): Handbook of Hindu Mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533261-2, pág. 54.

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