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Kīṭa

Classical

A worm's terror of death, and its long rebirth upward — the ladder of transmigration.

Told by Bhīṣma → Yudhiṣṭhira

Where this comes from

• CE · Mahabharata, Critical Edition 13.118-120 13.118-120

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