Narantaka-Devantaka

Narantaka-Devantaka
Angada smites the demon Narantaka

Angada kills Devantaka

Narantaka (Narāntaka) (or Narāntak) and Devanataka (Devāntaka) are demons who appear in a number of Hindu legends.

In the Ganesha Purana, they were a son of the rishi Rudraketu. (In Satya Yuga) After praying to the god Shiva, they were granted boons and become powerful and cruel rulers. They assume sovereignty over svarga. In response Ganesha, a popular elephant-headed god in Hinduism, turns into an Avatar named Mahotkata. He battles the Demon army with help of the Ashta Siddhi. Eventually Mahotkata manages to kill Devantaka with one of his tusks.

In the epic Ramayan (which happened in Treta Yuga), they are the rakshas (demon) sons of the evil demon king Ravana. Narantaka was in charge of an army consisting of seventy-two crore (720 million) rakshas. He with his army were eventually killed by the vanara Dadhibal [Son of Sugreev]. Devantaka is killed by Hanuman during a war.

Ramayana by Valmiki

Ikshvaku dynasty	Dasharatha Kausalya Sumitra Kaikeyi Shanta Rama Bharata Lakshmana Shatrughna Sita Urmila Mandavi Shrutakirti Lava Kusha (genealogy)

Vanara	Hanuman Sugriva Vali Tara Rumā Angada Nala Nila Kesari Anjana Makardhwaja

Rakshasa	Ravana Vibhishana Kumbhakarna Indrajit Akshayakumara Atikaya Devantaka Kabandha Khara Mandodari Maricha Mayasura Narantaka Prahasta Sarama Subahu Sulochana Sumali Surpanakha Tataka Trijata Trishira Viradha

Sages	Agastya Ahalya Arundhati Bharadwaja Kambhoja Parashurama Vasistha Vishvamitra Rishyasringa

Other characters	Jambavan Janaka Jatayu Manthara Maya Sita Sampati Shabari Shravan Vedavati

Places	Ayodhya Mithila Dandakaranya Kishkindha Lanka

Other	Lakshman Rekha List of adaptations

Seven Kandas (Books)	Bāla Kāṇḍa Ayodhya Kāṇḍa Araṇya Kāṇḍa Kishkindha Kāṇḍa Sundara Kāṇḍa Yuddha Kāṇḍa Uttara Kāṇḍa

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