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 विभीषण

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विभीषणvibhīṣaṇamf(आ)n. terrifying, fearful, horrible RV. &c.
1. mf(आ)neuter gender terrifying, fearful, horrible fg-veda etc.
2. mf(आ)neuter gender bullying or blustering (as language) MW.
3. masculine gender miscarriage, abortion MBh.
4. masculine gender Amphidonax Karka Lexicographers
5. masculine gender Name of a brother of Ra1van2a रावण (his other brothers were Kubera कुबेर [by a different mother] and Kumbha-karn2a कुम्भ-कर्ण; both Ra1van2a रावण and Vibhi1shan2a विभीषण are said to have propitiated Brahma1 ब्रह्मा by their penances, so that the god granted them both boons, and the boon chosen by V Vibhi1shan2a विभीषण was that he should never, even in the greatest calamity, stoop to any mean action; hence he is represented in the Ra1ma1yan2a रामायण as endeavouring to counteract the malice of his brother Ra1van2a रावण, in consequence of which he was so ill-treated by him that, leaving Lan3ka1 लङ्का, he joined Ra1ma राम, by whom, after the death of Ra1van2a रावण, V Vibhi1shan2a विभीषण was placed on the throne of Lan3ka1 लङ्का) MBh. Hariv. R. etc.
6. masculine gender of two kings of Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर (the sons of Go-narda गो-नर्द and Ra1van2a रावण) Ra1jat. i, 192 etc. (in later times V Vibhi1shan2a विभीषण appears to have been used as a general Name of the kings of Lan3ka1 लङ्का)
7. masculine gender Name of an author catalogue or catalogues
8. neuter gender the act or a means of terrifying, terror, intimidation MBh.
9. neuter gender Name of the 11th Muhu1rta मुहूर्त catalogue or catalogues
Source: Monier-Williams

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