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Mahishasura
In Hindu scriptures, Mahishasura was an asura, a race of divine spirit beings who are the opponents of the Deva. Mahishasura's father Rambha was king of the asuras. He once fell in love with Princess Mahishi, who was cursed to be a water buffalo. Mahishasura was born out of this union. Because of this, he is able to change between human form and buffalo form at will. The name Mahishasura comes from the Sanskrit word for buffalo, M''ahisha.''
==The birth of Mahishasura==
The two demon brothers Rambh and Karambh arrived on the throne of the Underworld. Their mother, Danu, instructed them to perform act of penance and obtain desired boons. Rambh and Karambh did penance to please Agni (fire) and Varuna (Water). Rambh began to do penance in Agni chakra, while Karambh was half-immersed in river water while doing penance. Lord Indra assumed the disguise of a crocodile and killed Karambh, while Rambh successfully completed his penance and received a boon from Agni. This boon would allow him to obtain an extremely powerful son who would rule over the three worlds in this universe.
Rambh fell in love with Mahishi (buffalo woman) and they married. Mahishi soon became pregnant. When her lover, a Mahish, tried to abduct her Rambh came in to protect his wife. Rambh was killed by the Mahish. In the cremation process of Rambh, Mahishi jumped into the fire to sacrifice her life to express her love for her husband. Yama was stopped from taking away the soul of Rambh. Rambh was retained into the womb of Mahishi. From the cremation fire emerged two demons, namely Raktabeej (rebirth of Rambh) and Mahishasura (the child of Rambh). The demon Mahishasura obtained a boon from Lord Brahma which indicated that no man would kill him. He gathered strong powers from Lord Brahma as a reward for his penance.
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