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Arjuna and the armoured Nivatakavachas

Classical

The same daityas are beaten by Ravana without being killed in the Ramayana.

Arjuna, driven by Matali, goes underground to the Danava city; the Nivata-Kavachas come out and a dreadful fight follows. The page names no Hiranyapura (it says "the city of the demons filled with the Danavas"), and does not show the thunderbolt missiles.

Who: Arjuna, Matali, Nivatakavachas, Kalakeyas

Bound to

Five years in Indra's heaven causes

Arjuna Destroys the Paulomas and Kālakeyas of Hiraṇyapura origin

Places: Under the ocean (Manimati)

Where this comes from

• vulgate (Ganguli) · Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata (read via MahabharataOnline) Ganguli, Vana Parva, Arjuna and the Nivata-Kavachas (Section number not shown on the page read.)
• commentary · Wikipedia: Nivatakavacha

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