Dictionary: Trinavarta
Trinavarta !Krishna_Kills_The_Tornado_Demon_Trinavarta,Folio_from_the‘Tularam’Bhagavata_Purana(Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord)_LACMA_M.71.49.9_LACMA_M.71.49.9.jpg?width=300) Trinavarta (तृणावर्त, IAST: ) is an asura who is featured in Hindu literature, most prominently in the Bhagavata Purana. He is described to be a whirl-wind asura dispatched by Kamsa to murder Krishna, but is slain by the deity instead. Legend Kamsa sent Trinavarta to kill his nephew. Assuming the form of a whirl-wind, Trinavarta carried away the sitting Krishna. He enveloped the whole of Gokulam with a cloud of dust and darkness, the resultant cover of sand particles causing great distress to Yashoda, who attempted to find her son with the help of the gopis....