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DURMUKHA I A minister of Mahiṣāsura. Once he was sent to Bhadrakālī with a message by his master. [Devī Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha] . DURMUKHA II One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The following information about him is gathered from the Mahābhārata. (1) He was present at the Svayaṁvara of Draupadī. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 1] . (2) During the procession to Dvaitavana, Gandharvas took him captive. [Vana Parva, Chapter 242, Verse 12] . (3) In the great war he fought with Sahadeva. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 25] . (4) He killed Arjuna's charioteer. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 47, Verse 12] . (5) He defeated Śrutakarman. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 79, Verse 35] . (6) He was defeated by Abhimanyu. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 42] . (7) A duel was fought between Durmukha and Ghaṭotkaca. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Verse 13] . (8) Duel fought between Durmukha and Dhṛṣṭadyumna. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 26] . (9) He fought with Purujit. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 106, Verse 13] . (10) He was defeated in fight with Sahadeva. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 107, Verse 25] . (11) Bhīmasena killed him in war. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 134, Verse 20] . (12) After the war his beautiful palace was occupied by Sahadeva. [Śānti Parva, Chapter 44, Verse 12] . DURMUKHA III A King who flourished in the assembly of Yudhiṣṭhira. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 21] . DURMUKHA IV A Rākṣasa, who was a member in Rāvaṇa's assembly. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter, 9, Verse 13] . According to the Uttararāmāyaṇa he was the son of a Rākṣasa called Mālyavān by his wife Sundarī, and he had Vajramuṣṭi, Virūpākṣa, Suptaghna, Yajñakośa, Matta and Unmatta as brothers and Nalā and Ketumatī as sisters. DURMUKHA V A serpent. It was also present among the serpents, which had come to Prabhāsakṣetra to receive Balarāma who, after death, went to Pātālaloka. [Mausala Parva, Chapter, 4, Verse 16] . DURMUKHA VI An asura on the side of Mahiṣāsura. Tāmra, finance minister of Mahiṣāsura sent Durmukha with Bāṣkala to fight against Devī, who killed him. [Devībhāgavata, Skandhas 5, 13] . In his previous life he was one of the Paulastyas. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 61] .
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