DURJAYA Short form of Durjaymaṇimatinagara referred to in laudatory terms in the Mahābhārata. Some scholars hold that Durjaya is the Ellora caves of modern India, seven miles off Daulatabad.
[Vana Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 1] .
DURJAYA I An absolutely cruel King. Owing to the number of adharmas (evil actions he had committed) Kāla ordained him to be born and reborn twentyone times as various animals and as a Brahmarākṣasa he roamed about forests. One of those days he caught hold of a Śīvayogī called Mahādeva whose body was smeared with Vibhūti (the sacred ash), but as soon as the Vibhūti from the body of the Śivayogī got smeared on his body also, Durjaya got back his former form and he was lifted upto Svarga.
[Śiva Purāṇa, Bhasma Māhātmya] .
DURJAYA II A dānava born to Kaśyapa prajāpati by Danu, his wife.
[M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Verse 23] .
DURJAYA III (Duṣparājaya). One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
[M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 116, Verse 9] .
DURJAYA IV A King. Drupada advised the Pāṇḍavas to invite this King to the great war.
[M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 4, Verse, 16] .
DURJAYA V Son of King Suvīra of the Ikṣvāku dynasty.
[Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 11] .
DURJAYA VI A synonym of Mahāviṣṇu.
[Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 144, Verse 86] .
DURJAYA VII A powerful son of Supratīka. While he was living as the lord over the country, having conquered the various Kingdoms he was told that Gauramukha Muni had in his possession the famous gem called Cintāmaṇi. He fought to gain that gem and died. The place where he met with death came to be known as Naimiśāraṇya in after years.
[Varāha Purāṇa, Chapter 17] .