34 Facts About Kubera

Kubera is regarded as the regent of the North, and a protector of the world .

Kubera is often depicted with a plump body, adorned with jewels, and carrying a money-pot and a club.

Originally described as the chief of evil spirits in Vedic-era texts, Kubera acquired the status of a Deva only in the Puranas and the Hindu epics.

The scriptures describe that Kubera once ruled Lanka, but was overthrown by his half-brother Ravana, later settling in the city of Alaka in the Himalayas.

Kubera has been assimilated into the Buddhist and Jain pantheons.

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In Buddhism, he is known as Vaisravana, the patronymic used of the Hindu Kubera and is equated with Pancika, while in Jainism, he is known as Sarvanubhuti.

Kubera is often depicted as a dwarf, with complexion of lotus leaves and a big belly.

Kubera is described as having three legs, only eight teeth, one eye, and being adorned with jewels.

Kubera holds a mace, a pomegranate or a money bag in his hand.

Kubera is usually depicted with a mongoose in Buddhist iconography.

Kubera wears an armour and a necklace down to his large belly.

Kubera should be four-armed, holding a gada and a shakti in his left pair, and standards bearing a lion—representing Artha and a shibika .

Agni Purana states that Kubera should be installed in temples as seated on a goat, and with a club in his hand.

Kubera's image is prescribed to be that of gold, with multi-coloured attributes.

In some sources, especially in Jain depictions, Kubera is depicted as a drunkard, signified by the "nectar vessel" in his hand.

Once, Kubera looked at Shiva and his wife Parvati with jealousy, so he lost one of his eyes.

Kubera usually is drawn by spirits or men, so is called Nara-vahana, one whose vahana is nara.

Kubera acquired the status of the "Lord of riches" and the wealthiest Deva.

Kubera becomes a Loka-pala and guardian of the North direction, although he is sometimes associated with the East.

Kubera then ruled in the golden city of Lanka, identified with modern-day Sri Lanka.

Kubera then settled on Gandhamandana mountain, near Mount Kailash – the abode of the god Shiva—in the Himalayas.

Kubera's city is usually called Alaka or Alaka-puri, but Prabha, Vasudhara and Vasu-sthali .

Kubera is often described as a friend of Shiva in the epics.

The Padma Purana says that Kubera prayed to Shiva for many years, and Shiva granted him the kingship of Yakshas.

Kubera is the treasurer of the gods and overlord of the semi-divine Yakshas, the Guhyakas, Kinnaras and Gandharvas, who act as his assistants and protectors of the jewels of the earth, as well as guardians of his city.

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Kubera is the guardian of travelers and the giver of wealth to individuals, who please him.

Puranas and the Mahabharata record that Kubera married Bhadra, or Kauberi, daughter of the demon Mura.

Kubera credited money to the god Venkateshwara for his marriage with Padmavati.

Kubera is a popular figure in Buddhist as well as Jain mythology.

Kubera is the Buddhist Vaisravana or Jambhala, and the Japanese Bishamon.

The Buddhist Vaisravana, like the Hindu Kubera, is the regent of the North, a Loka-pala and the Lord of Yakshas.

In Buddhist legends, Kubera is equated with Pancika, whose wife Hariti is the symbol of abundance.

In Jainism, Kubera is the attendant Yaksha of the 19th Tirthankar Mallinath.

Kubera is related to the Buddhist Jambhala rather than the Hindu Kubera.