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==Etymology and other names==
The exact origins of the name Kubera are unknown.<ref name="Alain"/> "Kubera" or "Kuvera" (कुवेर) as spelt in later Sanskrit, means "deformed or monstrous" or "ill-shaped one"; indicating his deformities.<ref name="Alain"/><ref name = "monier">[http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/monier/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw0291-kudri.jpg Monier-Williams Dictionary: Kubera]</ref> Another theory suggests that Kubera may be derived from the verb root ''kumba'', meaning to conceal. Kuvera is also split as ''ku'' (earth), and ''vira'' (hero).<ref name = "S63"/>

As the son of [[Vishrava]] ("Fame"), Kubera is called ''[[Vaisravana]]'' (in the [[Pali language]], Vessavana) and as the son of Ilavila, ''Ailavila''.<ref name = "H142">{{harvnb|Hopkins|1915|pp=142–3}}</ref> Vaisravana is sometimes translated as the "Son of Fame".<ref name="Alain"/> The ''Sutta Nitapa'' commentary says that ''Vaisravana'' is derived from a name of Kubera's kingdom, ''Visana''.<ref name = "S63"/> Once, Kubera looked at Shiva and his wife [[Parvati]] with jealousy, so he lost one of his eyes. Parvati also turned this deformed eye yellow. So, Kubera gained the name ''Ekaksipingala'' ("one who has one yellow eye").<ref name = "Mani"/> He is also called ''Bhutesha'' ("Lord of spirits") like Shiva. Kubera usually is drawn by spirits or men (''nara''), so is called ''Nara-vahana'', one whose ''[[vahana]]'' (mount) is ''nara''. [[Edward Washburn Hopkins|Hopkins]] interprets ''nara''s as being water-spirits, although Mani translates ''nara'' as men.<ref name = "Mani"/><ref name = "H144"/> Kubera also rides the elephant called ''Sarvabhauma'' as a ''loka-pala''.<ref name = "H142"/> His garden is named Chaitrarath.<ref name="Madan"/>

Kubera also enjoys the titles "king of the whole world", "king of kings" (''Rajaraja''), "Lord of wealth" (''Dhanadhipati'') and "giver of wealth" (''Dhanada''). His titles are sometimes related to his subjects: "king of [[yaksha]]s" (''Yaksharajan''), "Lord of [[rakshasa]]s" (''Rakshasadhipati''), "Lord of [[Guhyaka]]s" (''Guhyakadhipa''), "king of [[Kinnara]]s"(''Kinnararaja''), "king of animals resembling men" (''Mayuraja''), and "king of men" (''Nararaja'').<ref name="Alain"/><ref name = "H142"/><ref name = "H144"/> Kubera is also called ''Guhyadhipa'' ("Lord of the hidden"). The ''[[Atharvaveda]]'' calls him the "god of hiding".<ref name = "H144"/>