akampana

akampana m. N. of a prince

of a Rākṣasa.

akampana a. [na. ta.] Not shaking. -naḥ N. of a Rākṣasa: Rām.

akampana- m. n. d'un Rākṣasa; d'un roi.

akampana (3. a + ka°) m. N. pr. eines Rākṣasa R. 6, 29, 30.

akampana m. N. pr. eines Fürsten MBH. 7, 2029; vgl. anukampaka 12, 9150.

akampana m. N.pr.

— 1) eines Fürsten.

— 2) eines Rākṣasa.

Akampana(ḥ), a king. § 594 (Abhimanyuv.): VII, 52,

2023, 2029; 54, 2125: In days of old there was a king

named Akampana. Once, on the field of battle, he was

surrounded by his foes. His son Hari was at last slain in

the midst of the army. A. grieved day and night. Then

the D.-ṛ. Nārada came and told him the origin of death

(Mṛtyu, q.v.). “Therefore,” said Nārada, “don't indulge

in fruitless grief for creatures after they are dead…”

Akampana felt consoled, and Nārada went to the woods of

Nandana.

Akampana — a son of Khaśā and a Rākṣasa:¹ an Asura

in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.² [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 7, 136; Vā. 69, 167. [Footnote] 2) M. 161. 81.

AKAMPANA . (A mighty warrior among the demons).

1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu in the following

order: Viṣṇu-Brahmā-Heti-Vidyukeśa-Sukeśa

Sumāli-Akampana.

2) Other details. Sumāli married Ketumatī and got

fourteen children. They were 1) Prahasta 2) Akampana

3) Vikaṭa 4) Kālakāmukha 5) Dhūmrāksa 6) Daṇḍa

7) Supārśvā 8) Sāṃhrāda 9) Prākvāta 10) Bhāsakarṇa

11) Vekā 12) Puṣpotkaṭā 13) Kaikasī and 14) Kumbhī-

nadī. Of these the last four are daughters. Prahasta was

one of the ministers of Rāvaṇa. The thirteenth child

Kaikasī was married to Viśravas, son of Pulastya.

Viśravas got three sons and a daughter. They were

Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa and Śūrpaṇakhā.

It was Akampana who informed Rāvaṇa that Rāma and

Lakṣmaṇa had killed his three allies, Khara, Dūṣaṇa

and Triśiras (Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).

3) Death. Akampana fought a fierce battle with

Hanūmān and in the end Hanūmān plucked a big tree

and hit Akampana on the head with it and killed him.

(Sarga 56, Yuddha Kāṇḍa of Rāmāyaṇa)

AKAMPANA II . He was a king who lived in the Kṛta-

yuga. He had a son named Hari who was a fierce fighter.

He was killed in a battle and the King became much

depressed. Nārada consoled him with other stories and

Vyāsa told this story to Dharmaputra when he found

the latter greatly dejected and gloomy after the great

battle was over. (Chapter 52, Droṇa Parva of M.B.

also makes mention of Akampana).