A wicked monarch of पिण्डारकदेश . He had to be born in प्रेतयोनि (womb of a ghostess) due to his many sins, and once he came to the आश्रम of कहोड , and the sage recognised him as his former disciple and absolved him from his ghosthood. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 139) .