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Entry महिष

महिषmahiṣaA buffalo (considered as the vehicle of Yama); गाहन्तां महिषा निपानसलिलं शृङ्गैर्मुहुस्ताडितम् Ś.2.6.
[मह्-टिषच् Uṇ.1 45]
1. A buffalo (considered as the vehicle of Yama); गाहन्तां महिषा निपानसलिलं शृङ्गैर्मुहुस्ताडितम् Ś.2.6.
2. Name of a demon killed by Durgā.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अक्षः, -अक्षकः a kind of bdellium.
- -अर्दनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
- -असुरः the demon Mahiṣa. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedघातिनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमथनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमर्दनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसूदनी epithets of Durgā.
- -घ्नी an epithet of Durgā.
- -ध्वजः an epithet of Yama; Name of a Jain monk.
- -पालः, -पालकः a buffalo-keeper.
- -मर्दिनी Name of Durgā -वहनः, -वाहनः epithets of Yama; कृतान्तः किं साक्षान्महिषवहनोऽसाविति पुनः K. Parasmaipada1.
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