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Shishupala
Shishupala is a king of Chedi in the Mahabharata, a cousin and enemy of Krishna. At the royal consecration sacrifice (rajasuya) held by Yudhishthira he objected to the honour given to Krishna and insulted him repeatedly, until Krishna killed him with his discus. Later Hindu tradition treats him as a reborn enemy of Vishnu, and his death is the subject of Magha's Sanskrit poem Shishupalavadha.
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