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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पूतनpūtanaA dead body in a cemetery.

    A dead body in a cemetery.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ना

      1. Name of a female demon who, while attempting to kill Kṛiṣṇa, when but an infant, was herself crushed by him.
      2. A demoness, or Rākṣasī in general; मा पूतनात्वमुपगाः शिवतातिरेधि Māl.9.5.
      3. Terminalia chebula (हरीतकी); 'पूतना राक्षसीभेदे हरीतक्यां च पूतना' Viśva.
    • -अरिः, -सूदनः, -हन् Masculine epithets of Kṛiṣṇa.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. पूतनpūtana[pûtana] m. kind of demon, spectre: â, f. N. of a female demon causing a certain disease in children, and…

    [pûtana] masculine kind of demon, spectre: â, feminine; also equal for noun of a female demon causing a certain disease in children, and killed by Krishna; i-kâ, feminine; also equal for the same

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पूतनpūtanam. a partic. class of demons or spirits (also = वेताल), Ma1latim. Ba1lar. SaddhP.

    masculine gender a particular class of demons or spirits (also Equivalent to वेताल), Ma1latim. Ba1lar. SaddhP.

  2. अन्धपूतनाandhapūtanāf. a female demon causing diseases in children Sus3r.

    feminine a female demon causing diseases in children Sus3r.

  3. अहिपूतनahipūtanam. sores on the hinder part of the body (of children) Sus3r.

    masculine gender sores on the hinder part of the body (of children) Sus3r.

  4. अहिपूतनाahipūtanāf. sores on the hinder part of the body (of children) Sus3r.

    feminine sores on the hinder part of the body (of children) Sus3r.

  5. कटपूतनkaṭapūtanamf(आ) a kind of Preta प्रेत (q.v.) or demon (a form assumed by the deceased spirit of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय who…

    mf(आ) a kind of Preta प्रेत (quod vide) or demon (a form assumed by the deceased spirit of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय who when alive neglected his duties) Mn. xii, 71 Ma1lati1m.

  6. गन्धपूतनाgandhapūtanāf. a kind of imp or goblin (causing a particular disease) Hariv. 9542.

    feminine a kind of imp or goblin (causing a particular disease) Hariv. 9542.

  7. दृष्टिपूतनाdṛṣṭipūtanāf. N. of an evil demon Cat.

    feminine Name of an evil demon catalogue or catalogues

  8. नरपूतनाशान्तिnarapūtanāśāntif. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work