Name of Kāla's stick. It is with this stick that Kāla kills living beings. “Like Kāla who holds the stick Kiṅkara.”
[Karṇa Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 122] .
KIṄKARA (S) A race of Rākṣasas. After building the palace at Indraprastha for the Pāṇḍavas Mayāsura put 8000 Kiṅkaras for guarding the palace
[Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3] . These guards were able to remove the palace from one place to another. Yudhiṣṭhira, who started for the north to collect money is said to have met the Kiṅkaras on the Himālayas.
[Aśvamedhika Parva, Chapter 65, Verse 6] .
KIṄKARA I A Rākṣasa. Śakti, the son of Vasiṣṭha and King Kalmāṣapāda of the solar dynasty once quarrelled with each other, and the King cursed and turned Śakti into a Rākṣasa. At this juncture Viśvāmitra invoked Kiṅkara, a Rākṣasa attendant of his, into the body of Kalmāṣapāda, and induced by Kiṅkara, Kalmāṣapāda killed all the sons of Vasiṣṭha.
[Ādi Parva, Chapter 175] .