DURMUKHA I A minister of Mahiṣāsura. Once he was sent to Bhadrakālī with a message by his master.
[Devī Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha] .
DURMUKHA II One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The following information about him is gathered from the Mahābhārata.
(1) He was present at the Svayaṁvara of Draupadī.
[Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 1] .
(2) During the procession to Dvaitavana, Gandharvas took him captive.
[Vana Parva, Chapter 242, Verse 12] .
(3) In the great war he fought with Sahadeva.
[Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 25] .
(4) He killed Arjuna's charioteer.
[Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 47, Verse 12] .
(5) He defeated Śrutakarman.
[Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 79, Verse 35] .
(6) He was defeated by Abhimanyu.
[Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 42] .
(7) A duel was fought between Durmukha and Ghaṭotkaca.
[Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Verse 13] .
(8) Duel fought between Durmukha and Dhṛṣṭadyumna.
[Droṇa Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 26] .
(9) He fought with Purujit.
[Droṇa Parva, Chapter 106, Verse 13] .
(10) He was defeated in fight with Sahadeva.
[Droṇa Parva, Chapter 107, Verse 25] .
(11) Bhīmasena killed him in war.
[Droṇa Parva, Chapter 134, Verse 20] .
(12) After the war his beautiful palace was occupied by Sahadeva.
[Śānti Parva, Chapter 44, Verse 12] .
DURMUKHA III A King who flourished in the assembly of Yudhiṣṭhira.
[Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 21] .
DURMUKHA IV A Rākṣasa, who was a member in Rāvaṇa's assembly.
[Sabhā Parva, Chapter, 9, Verse 13] . According to the Uttararāmāyaṇa he was the son of a Rākṣasa called Mālyavān by his wife Sundarī, and he had Vajramuṣṭi, Virūpākṣa, Suptaghna, Yajñakośa, Matta and Unmatta as brothers and Nalā and Ketumatī as sisters.
DURMUKHA V A serpent. It was also present among the serpents, which had come to Prabhāsakṣetra to receive Balarāma who, after death, went to Pātālaloka.
[Mausala Parva, Chapter, 4, Verse 16] .
DURMUKHA VI An asura on the side of Mahiṣāsura. Tāmra, finance minister of Mahiṣāsura sent Durmukha with Bāṣkala to fight against Devī, who killed him.
[Devībhāgavata, Skandhas 5, 13] . In his previous life he was one of the Paulastyas.
[Ādi Parva, Chapter 61] .