#andhaka

[sambhavami]

Women in Mahabharata - Kashya Andhaki

She is most likely a princess of Kashi, married to the Yadava Andhaka. She is the mother of Ugrasena and Devaka, and the grandmother of Devaki, Kamsa and their other siblings.

[rrcraft-and-lore]

Andhaka - a malevolent asura famed for having a thousand arms, a thousand heads, and twice as many eyes. Some say it's two thousand arms!

His name means "He who darkens" in some versions of the story, he is the son of Shiva and Parvati

In the Shiva Purana, Shiva is meditating and Parvarti covers his eyes in a playful moment of goofing around.

When she covers his third eye, she recoils from its power and it brings sweat to her palm that falls to the groundfrom that meeting of his third eye and her palm/sweat - the drop of sweat that falls to the ground becomes a dark boy who is born blind and ugly to Parvati.

Shiva chastised her on this in that since the child came into creation from their touches meeting, the child is theirs and should be cared for.

Later Hiraṇyākṣa the demon performed a penance in hopes of gaining a boon from Lord Shiva, in this case, to have a son, in which he is gifted the blind boy who is named, Andhaka. After Hiraṇyākṣa is killed, Andhaka is considered the demon king however, since he was born of devas, he is not considered by others an asura, and so he pleads with Brahma (the creator) after being disowned by his tribe - he is granted the boon to become immortal, but Andhaka is warned Shiva can still destroy him he leaves to subdue all his opponents among the asuras and take charge. Later he wages a war against the gods after he contemplates attacking Mount Mandar where Shiva meditates.

During this war, Bali, Andhaka's trusty general, defeats and swallows most of the gods. But Shiva fires a bolt at bali forcing him to regurgitate the gods, and in vengeance swallow Sukra, the guru of the Asuras. Then Shiva and Indra set upon Andhaka, making him bleed only, every drop of his blood spawned more copies of him, so Vishnu created the Matrikas to absorb the blood every time it spilled so no copies could be born.

This is one of the accounts and just a primer of a cool character, I want to do more of these more often, so I figured I'd just start with cool South Asian character--good, evil, neutral, whoever, whatever, cuz there are so many fucking awesome stories.

[cooltastemakerbarbarian]

My lovely girl is all grown up now, isnt that right? who is a good girl? YOU ARE!

(ps warframe is evil making such cutie pies to make me throw money at them)

[thecreaturecodex]

Asura, Andhaka

Image by Jason Engle, © Wizards of the Coast.

[Inspired by the “forsaken” in the 4e Monster Manual 3, whose name is so generic as to give them a huge amount of Google camouflage. I named them after an actual legendary asura, which shares with the forsaken blindness and a supernatural ability to escape death.]

Asura, Andhaka CR 15 LE Outsider (extraplanar) This humanoid figure has grayish-bronze skin and slightly elongated limbs. A bandage is tied around its eyes, soaked through with blood.

Also known as forsaken ones, the first andhaka were created when ancient humanoids were infused with the essence of a slain god. These unfortunate souls were plagued with memories of omnipotence and immortality, but their bodies and minds revolted against these tormenting sensations. In becoming forsaken, the andhaka ritually cut out their own eyes and turned their backs on the gods, joining the ranks of the asuras.

Andhakas hate the divine like all asuras do, but they are more proactive with their hatred, scheming to slay powerful servants of the gods, clerics and other outsiders alike. Andhakas are very difficult to kill, siphoning off healing magic from their enemies and even returning to life when slain. An andhaka that uses its second chance ability often flees battle, as their limited immortality can run out.

An andhaka varies in height and weight as humans do. Although they are capable of rapid regeneration, their eyes have never grown back from their original loss. Their empty sockets forever leak blood, leading andhakas in mortal realms to disguise themselves as beggars and criminals to excuse their mutilation.

Andhaka              CR 15 XP 51,200 LE Medium outsider (asura, evil, extraplanar, lawful) Init +10; Senses blindsight 100 ft., Perception +31 Aura elusive (75 ft.), lifeleech (30 ft.) Defense AC 31, touch 21, flat-footed 25 (+6 Dex, +10 natural, +5 profane) hp 225 (18d10+126); regeneration 10 (good weapons and effects) Fort +18, Ref +12, Will +17 DR 15/good; Immune curses, disease, gaze attacks, poison, visual effects, illusions and attacks depending on sight; Resist acid 10, electricity 10; SR 26 Defensive Abilities profane armor, second chance Offense Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (good) Melee +2 khopesh +26/+21/+16 (1d8+10 plus bleed/19-20x2) and +2 khopesh +26 (1d8+10 plus bleed/19-20) Special Attacks bleed (1d8), dual wielder Spell-like Abilities CL 18th, concentration +23 Constant—fly At will—greater teleport, mind thrust III (DC 18), unholy blight (DC 19) 3/day—greater inflict pain (DC 22), greater oneiric horror (DC 20), quickened mind thrust III (DC 18) 1/day—bilocation, blasphemy (DC 22), psychic crush IV (DC 23), summon (level 6, 2 aghasura, 50%), waves of exhaustion Statistics Str 27, Dex 23, Con 25, Int 18, Wis 22, Cha 20 Base Atk +15; CMB +23 (+27 disarm or trip); CMD 39 (41 vs disarm or trip) Feats Combat Expertise, Greater Disarm, Greater Trip, Improved Critical (khopesh), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Quicken SLA (mind thrust III), Weapon Focus (khopesh) Skills Acrobatics +27, Bluff +26, Disguise +23, Escape Artist +22, Fly +27, Intimidate +26, Knowledge (arcana, religion) +24, Perception +31, Sense Motive +27, Use Magic Device +23; Racial Modifiers +6 Escape Artist, +4 Perception Languages Common, Infernal, telepathy 100 ft. Ecology Environment Hell Organization solitary, pair or party (3-6) Treasure double standard (two +2 khopeshes, other treasure) Special Abilities Dual Wielder (Ex) An andhaka does not take a penalty to attack and damage rolls when wielding two weapons. Lifeleech Aura (Su) Any time a healing spell or effect is used within 30 feet of an andhaka, the user must succeed a DC 26 caster level check or have the spell or effect heal the andhaka instead. In the case of area of effect abilities, such as mass cure light wounds or a cleric’s channel energy, the spell or effect does not affect the intended targets on a failed caster level check. Profane Armor (Su) An andhaka gains a profane bonus to its Armor Class equal to its Charisma modifier Second Chance (Su) When an andhaka is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer, it immediately heals 5d8+18 points of damage, as if targeted by a breath of life spell. As with breath of life, this can heal the andhaka even if the damage would kill the andhaka, as long as the damage healed exceeds its maximum negative hit points (-25 hp for an average andhaka). The andhaka can use this ability once a week.

[cooltastemakerbarbarian]

And so Andhaka is born, she is a good girl... till she went and wiped her butt all over the control console... sigh.

[24indianews-blog]

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