▁hand . ▁Kub era ' s ▁image ▁is ▁pres cribed ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁gold , ▁with ▁multi - col oured ▁attributes . ▁In ▁some ▁sources , ▁especially ▁in ▁J ain ▁dep ict ions , ▁Kub era ▁is ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁dr unk ard , ▁sign ified ▁by ▁the ▁" nect ar ▁vessel " ▁in ▁his ▁hand . ▁ ▁Names ▁The ▁exact ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁Kub era ▁are ▁unknown . ▁" K ub era " ▁or ▁" K u vera " ▁( क ु व े र ) ▁as ▁sp elt ▁in ▁later ▁S ansk rit , ▁means ▁" de formed ▁or ▁mon str ous " ▁or ▁" ill - sh aped ▁one "; ▁indicating ▁his ▁de form ities . ▁Another ▁theory ▁suggests ▁that ▁Kub era ▁may ▁be ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁verb ▁root ▁k um ba , ▁meaning ▁to ▁conce al . ▁Ku vera ▁is ▁also ▁split ▁as ▁k u ▁( ear th ), ▁and ▁v ira ▁( h ero ). ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁V ish ra va ▁(" F ame "), ▁Kub era ▁is ▁called ▁V ais rav ana ▁( in ▁the ▁P ali ▁language , ▁V ess av ana ) ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁I lav ila , ▁A il av ila . ▁V ais rav ana ▁is ▁sometimes ▁translated ▁as ▁the ▁" S on ▁of ▁Fame ". ▁The ▁S ut ta ▁N it apa ▁comment ary ▁says ▁that ▁V ais rav ana ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁a ▁name ▁of ▁Kub era ' s ▁kingdom ,