Nikumbha
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Nikumbha ({{Langx|sa|निकुम्भ|translit=Nikumbha}}) is the name of multiple beings in Hindu mythology, a rakshasa and a danava.
Legend
= Rakshasa Nikumbha =
Nikumbha, the rakshasa, is the son of Kumbhakarna and Vajramala.{{cite web |last=C. Dutt |first=Romesh |date=1899 |title=Ramayana Book IX |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama09.htm |accessdate=2007-01-22 |work=The Ramayana and Mahabharata |publisher=Internet Sacred Text Archive}} He is instructed by Kubera to watch over the Pisacas{{cite web |title=Verses 201-300 |url=http://www.koausa.org/Purana/Verses201-300.html |accessdate=2007-01-22 |work=Nilamata Purana}} (a type of evil spirit).{{cite web |title=Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.6.43-45 |url=http://vedabase.net/sb/2/6/43-45/ |accessdate=2007-01-22 |work=Bhaktivedanta VedaBase |format=}} The Nilamata Purana refers to him as "the noble and strong lord of the Pisacas."
Seeing Kumbha, his brother killed in battle, the enraged ran with an iron club towards the battle. Hanuman directly attacks Nikumbha, by striking his fist forcibly on Nikumbha's chest. Unmoved by that blow, Nikumbha lifts Hanuman off the ground. Hanuman in retaliation frees himself and throws down Nikumbha on the ground. Hanuman descends on Nikumbha, pounds his chest with his fist, catches his head and tears it off. Thus, Nikumbha dies at the hands of Hanuman.{{Cite web|last=Chebbi|first=Deepak M.|title=Ramayana - Hanuman Kills Nikumbha|url=https://www.yousigma.com/religionandphilosophy/yuddhakanda-chapter77.html|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.yousigma.com|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516211751/https://www.yousigma.com/religionandphilosophy/yuddhakanda-chapter77.html|url-status=dead}}
