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Results for हैहय

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हैहयhaihayam. pl.N. of a people and their country.
Name of a people and their country.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यः
  
  Name of the great-grandson of Yadu.
  
  Name of Arjuna Kārtavīrya (who had a thousand arms and was slain by Paraśurāma quod vide, which see); धेनुवत्सहरणाच्च हैहयस्त्वं च कीर्तिमप- हर्तुमुद्यतः R.11.74.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

हैहयhaihayam. N. of a race (said to have been descendants of Yadu यदु; they are described in the Pura1n2as पुराण s as…
1. masculine gender Name of a race (said to have been descendants of Yadu यदु; they are described in the Pura1n2as पुराण s as separated into 5 divisions, viz. the Ta1lajan3ghas तालजङ्घ s, Vi1ti-hotras वीति-होत्र s, A1vantyas आवन्त्य s, Tun2d2ikeras तुण्डिकेर s, and Ja1tas जात s; they are, said to have overrun parts of India along with the S3akas शक s or Scythian tribes) MBh. R. Pur. etc.
2. masculine gender a king of the Haihayas हैहय s (especially applied to Arjuna अर्जुन Ka1rtavi1rya कार्तवीर्य, who is said to have had a thousand arms; see कार्तवीर्य) ibidem
3. masculine gender Name of a son of Sahasrada सहस्रद Hariv.
4. masculine gender of a son of S3ata-jit शत-जित् Pur.
5. masculine gender (?) of a medical author catalogue or catalogues
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हैहयेन्द्रकाव्यhaihayendrakāvyan. N. of a poem.

neuter gender Name of a poem.

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