So, Kubera gained the name Ekaksipingala (" one who has one yellow eye ").

Like every world-protector, Kubera has seven seers of the North in residence.

The Orientalist Dr. Nagendra Kumar Singh remarked that, " Every Indian religion has a Kubera after the Hindu prototype ".

Since Kubera's friend, Yama, is the obvious next target, Kubera tricks Sam, who has forgotten what a great warrior the fat old man was, and in a bout of Irish Stand-Down ( in which two men take turns hitting each other until one cannot continue ), knocks him out and prepares to flee on the giant bird Garuda.

The character of is founded upon the Hindu deity Kubera, but although the Buddhist and Hindu deities share some characteristics and epithets, each of them has different functions and associated myths.

Some gods are associated with specific elements or functions: Indra ( the king of gods, the god of thunder and lightning ; he also rules the world of Swarga ), Varuna ( the god of the oceans ), Agni ( the god of fire ), Kubera ( the treasurer of the gods ), Surya ( the sun god ), Vayu ( the god of wind ), and Soma ( the moon god ).

Kubera (, Pali / later Sanskrit: Kuvera ) also spelt Kuber, is the Lord of wealth and the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas in Hindu mythology.

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

Kubera also rides the elephant called Sarvabhauma as a loka-pala.

Kubera also enjoys the titles " king of the whole world ", " king of kings " ( Rajaraja ), " Lord of wealth " ( Dhanadhipati ) and " giver of wealth " ( Dhanada ).

Kubera is also called Guhyadhipa (" Lord of the hidden ").

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

Brahma also conferred upon Kubera the riches of the world ( Nidhis ), " equality with gods ", and the Pushpaka Vimana, a flying chariot.

Shukra, the preceptor of the demons, is also recorded to have defeated Kubera and stolen his wealth.

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

The Rakshasas also serve Kubera, however, some cannibalistic Rakshasas are described to have sided with Ravana in the battle against Kubera.

Kubera also developed as minor marriage-divinity.

Kubera also credited money to the god Venkateshwara ( a form of the god Vishnu ) for his marriage with Padmavati.

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

is also known as Kubera ( Sanskrit ) or Kuvera ( Pāli ), and as Jambhala ( Sanskrit ).

We also have an inscriptional evidence to show that king Kubera was ruling over Bhattiprolu around 230 BC followed by Sala Kings.

One of the first written references to the island is found in the Indian epic Ramayana, which provides details of a kingdom named Lanka that had been created by the divine sculptor Vishwakarma, for Kubera, the lord of wealth.

The first Sangam ( mutaṟcaṅkam ) mudharchangam is described as having been held at " the Madurai which was submerged by the sea ", lasted a total of 4400 years, and had 549 members, which supposedly included some gods of the Hindu pantheon such as Siva, Kubera and Murugan.

In addition, Nalakubar ’ s father Kubera was eventually absorbed into the Buddhist pantheon as the Heavenly King Vaisravana.

Kubera is usually depicted with a mongoose in Buddhist iconography.

Jambhala, the Buddhist Kubera, depicted similar to Kubera

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

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

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

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

It is said that Kubera was overthrown by his demon stepbrother Ravana, the powerful Emperor who built a mythical flying machine named Dandu Monara.

* King Kubera rules Bhattiprolu in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

Thus Indra, the chief of the devas, was regarded as the regent of the east ; Agni, the fire, was in the same way associated with the southeast ; Yama, lord of death and justice with the south ; Surya, the sun, with the southwest ; Varuna, originally the representative of the all-embracing heaven ( atmosphere ), now the god of the ocean, with the west ; Vayu ( or Pavana ), the wind, with the northwest ; Kubera, the god of wealth, with the north ; and Soma with the northeast.

Kaikesi searched among the sages and finally chose Vishrava, the father of Kubera.

Ravana later conquered Sri Lanka from his half brother Kubera and became the King of Lanka.

Kubera had generously shared all that he owned with Ravana and the latter's siblings, who were Kubera's half-brothers and half-sister through his stepmother Kaikesi.

Vishrava, their father, advised Kubera to give it up to him, as Ravana was now undefeatable.

Kubera at one point chastised Ravana for his cruelty and greed, greatly angering him.

Other Devas like Kubera, Yama, Varuna and Indra followed suit and blessed each of their potent weapons to Arjuna.

Kubera is often depicted as a fat man, adorned with jewels and carrying a money-pot or money-bag, and a club.

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

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

Kubera is often depicted as a dwarf, with fair complexion and a big belly.

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

A bronze Matrika goddess group along with Ganesha ( left ) and Kubera ( right ) currently at the British Museum.

In the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Kubera is described as the embodiment of both Artha (" wealth, prosperity, glory ") and Arthashastras, the treatises related to it — and his iconography mirrors it.

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

The exact origins of the name Kubera are unknown.

" Kubera " or " Kuvera " ( क ु व े र ) as spelt in later Sanskrit, means " deformed or monstrous " or " ill-shaped one "; indicating his deformities.