Mohini tricks Bhasmasura (left), while Shiva looks on from behind a tree
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In Hinduism, Bhasmasura (Sanskrit: भस्मासुर, Bhasmāsura) is an asura or demon, who was granted the power to burn up and immediately turn into ashes (bhasma) anyone whose head he touched with his hand. The asura was tricked by the Vishnu's only female avatar, the enchantress Mohini, to turn himself into ashes.[1]
^O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (1981-05-28). Siva: The Erotic Ascetic. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-972793-3.
In Hinduism, Bhasmasura (Sanskrit: भस्मासुर, Bhasmāsura) is an asura or demon, who was granted the power to burn up and immediately turn into ashes (bhasma)...
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the damsel Mohini. She lured Bhasmasura with her dance and made Bhasmasura touch his head with his hand. The asura Bhasmasura was thus defeated. The place...
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spot where Shiva is said to have concealed himself from the wrath of Bhasmasura. "Jata Shankar Cave, Pachmarhi". www.nativeplanet.com. Retrieved 21 January...
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of Bhasmasura, a demon in Indian mythology to whom Shiva gives the power to reduce a person to ashes by touching her or his head. When Bhasmasura tries...
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