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Raktabhija was an Asura (demon) who fought together with Chanda and Munda against Chamunda, Durga, and Kali. He had a boon that whenever a drop of his blood fell on the ground, a duplicate of him would be produced. In the battle described in the Devi Mahatmya, Durga engaged him in a fierce battle when cosmic order was disturbed by the asuras. Raktabhija was wounded, but drops of blood falling on the ground created innumerable duplicates of him, and the position of Durga. At this point, the goddess created Kali, who sucked the blood [1]pouring out from the body of Raktabhija, and devoured his duplicates with her gaping mouth. Ultimately, Raktabhija was annihilated.
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