Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for हिरण्यकशिपु

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Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हिरण्यकशिपुhiraṇyakaśipum. a golden cushion or seat or clothing Br. La1t2y.
1. masculine gender a golden cushion or seat or clothing Breton La1t2y.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a g golden cushion or clothing AV.
3. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य king noted for impiety (he was son of Kas3yapa कश्यप and Diti दिति, and had obtained a boon from Brahma1 ब्रह्मा that he should not be slain by either god or man or animal; hence he became all-powerful; when, however, his pious son Prahla1da प्रह्लाद praised Vishn2u विष्णु, that god appeared out of a pillar in the form Nara-sin6ha नर-सिंह, "half man, half lion", and tore Hiran2ya-kas3ipu हिरण्य-कशिपु to pieces; this was Vishn2u विष्णु 's fourth Avata1ra अवतार; see प्र-ह्लाद, नर-सिंह) MBh. Hariv. Pur. (confer, compare IW. 328; 392 neuter gender 2)
Source: Monier-Williams

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