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SK Nisumbha [IW]

[Skt] Nisumbha [= "killing, slaughter"; name of a danava brother of shumbha also killed by durga; danava is a class of demons, often = daityas or asuras, enemies of devas; children of danu and kashyapa; often there are 40, sometimes 100 see also guhyasamaja- tantra [IW]