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Muka is said to be the daitya or danava or demon. He was a famous Puranic legend.
Muka was the son of Upasunda. Upasunda is a mythological character from the great epic Mahabharata. Upasunda was an asura prince and the brother of Sunda.
Muka assumed the form of a wild boar in order to kill Arjuna, but was himself killed by Shiva. Lord Shiva killed him in the form of the Kirata or mountaineer.
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