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The name of an asura. This asura was one of the followers of kaṁsa. According to the instructions of kaṁsa, agha once set out to Gokula to kill Śrī kṛṣṇa. At that time śrī kṛṣṇa was playing on the banks of the river kālindī with other cowherds. Aghāsura watched the games of the children from the sky above. Then he transformed himself into a colossal serpent and lay with his mouth wide open; his open mouth looked like an immense cave. The foul smell coming from his mouth soon spread over the whole place. śrī kṛṣṇa and the other children did not know anything about this. In the course of their games they walked into the cave-like mouth of agha and were soon trapped in his belly. agha then closed his mouth and all the boys including śrī kṛṣṇa were now imprisoned inside his body. Some of the boys died. Realizing the situation śrī kṛṣṇa now enlarged his body. His body grew larger and larger until at last it burst open the body of the serpent (agha). Thus agha was killed. śrī kṛṣṇa then restored the dead boys to life by his divine looks (Kaṭākṣa). This Aghāsura was the brother of Bakāsura and pūtanā. (bhāgavata, skandha 10, Chapter 12).<ref>Vettam Mani (1975), [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/10 Puranic Encyclopaedia], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref>

Aghasura (Samskrit: अघासुरः) was the brother of Bakasura and Putana and a follower of Kamsa. Following Kamsa’s instructions, he once went to Gokula to kill Sri Krshna. At that time, Sri Krshna was playing on the banks of the river Kalindi with other gopalas. Aghasura watched the games of the children from the sky above. And in due course, transformed himself into a huge serpent and lay with his mouth wide open. His open mouth looked like an immense cave. The foul smell coming from his mouth soon spread over the whole place. However, Sri Krshna and the other gopalas did not know anything about this. They walked into the cave-like mouth of Agha in the course of their games and got trapped in the asura’s stomach. Aghasura also immediately closed his mouth imprisoning all the boys including Sri Krshna inside his body. Some of the boys fell dead then and there. Realizing the situation, Sri Krshna now enlarged his body. His body grew larger and larger until at last it burst open the body of the serpent (Agha). And thus, Aghasura was killed. Sri Krshna then restored life of the boys by his divine look (kataksha). This story is taken from the Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10, Chapter 12.<ref>Vettam Mani (1975), [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/10 Puranic Encyclopaedia], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/BhagavataPuranaMotilalEnglish/page/n1341 The Bhagavata Purana], Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited</ref><ref>Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A8 Adhyaya 12].</ref>

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