CharacterIkshvaku ancestors
Kalmashapada: Appears in
कल्माषपादKing of the Ikshvaku line. Also called Saudasa, Mitrasaha.
Kalmashapada, also called Saudasa, is an Ikshvaku king cursed by the sage Vasishtha to become a man-eating rakshasa. Valmiki tells Shatrughna his story at the hermitage on the night Lava and Kusha are born.
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