A serpent born of the family of तक्षक . This serpent was burnt to death at the सर्पसत्र of जनमेजय . [mh-1-5-9 ] Mahābhārata • Ādi parva .

An asura. This demon once went to अर्जुन who was engaged in penance in the forests. He had assumed the form of a boar and अर्जुन killed him. At once शिव appeared there in the guise of a forester and contended that the boar was killed by him. A quarrel ensued which ended in a fight between them. In the end शिव appeared before अर्जुन in his real form and granted him the missile पाशुपत . (See under Arjuna) .

A चण्डाल devoted much to his parents. A ब्राह्मण named नरोत्तम went to this चण्डाल to learn moral lessons from him. (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa) .