One of the असुरस् born from the ear-wax of महाविष्णु . The other was named कैटभ . (For details see under KAIṬABHA) .

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Once there lived in a forest-garden on the shores of the यमुना an असुर of name. मधु . शत्रुघ्न killed this मधु and established there a city called मथुरापुरी . (Uttara Kāṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa) . While इन्द्रजित् , son of रावण , was performing penance मधु carried away a demoness named कुम्भीनसी and there ensued a fight on that account between मधु and रावण in which मधु was killed.

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A king who used to sit in the court of यम and worship him. [mh-2-8-16 ] Mahābhārata • Sabhā parva .