Varaha Purana 201.33: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 33
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
तत्र ते सहसा घोरा राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः ॥ मन्देहा नाम नाम्ना ते वध्यमानाः सहस्रशः
tatra te sahasā ghorā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ || mandehā nāma nāmnā te vadhyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ
അവിടെ പെട്ടെന്നു ഭീകരമായ, മാംസഭോജികളായ രാക്ഷസർ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. ‘മന്ദേഹ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ അവർ അറിയപ്പെട്ടു; അവർ ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് കൊല്ലപ്പെടുകയായിരുന്നു.
Varāha (default narrative voice)
FAQs
It provides an onomastic data point (“Mandeha”) within a Purāṇic demonology framework, useful for cross-text comparison of named groups and narrative motifs.
No geographic place-name is provided; “tatra” is deictic (“there”) within the narrative scene.
No explicit ethical instruction; it functions as narrative cataloging of combatants and the magnitude of destruction.
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