In the Aranya Kanda of Adhyatma Ramayana, the demon Kabandha narrates his story to Rama and Lakshmana, in which he says that he was a Gandharva earlier who was cursed by Ashtavakra to become a demon when he laughed on seeing him (Ashtavakra).
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The fourteenth and last track of the 2009 album Brahmavidya: Transcendental I by the Singaporean Death Metal band Rudra is named Majestic Ashtavakra after Ashtavakra.