Bana was a great Demon king, the king of his founded city Shonitpur. He worshipped shiva, and one day shiva came to him to offer a boon. Bana asked to rule the world. Thus, using his own prowess in combat, Bana took over the world. He had 1000 arms and held weapons in each. But when he conquered the world, he found it too easy so he prayed to shiva for many days. When shiva appeared again, he asked for a new boon. This time, he asked for a worthy foe, despite Shiva's warnings. Thus, the demon's daughter had a dream in which she fell in love with Krishna's grandson, Aniruddha. The daughter employed her witch friend to steal the boy away, and when Aniruddha woke up to the daughter, he immediately fell in love too. Thus, they were secretly married. However, one day, Bana saw Aniruddha running about the palace and threw him in the dungeon. Meanwhile, Krishna searched for the boy around Dwarka. Finally, the sage Narada told Krishna where the boy was. Krishna led an army to free the boy, but when challenged by the great demon king, Krishna easily defeated him. The king, in his last moments of life, pleaded with Shiva to spare him despite his foolish request. Shiva agreed, and convinced Krishna not to kill the king. Then, Bana released the boy, and his daughter went to live with the boy in Dwarka.
Although I couldn't find any images for Bana, I was simply curious what 1000 arms would even look like; I had enough of an issue imagining ravana's 10 sets of arms. A quick search revealed a chinese statue, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.
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Thousand armed avalokitasvara bodhisattva - wikimedia
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