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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 वृत्र

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वृत्रvṛtraN. of a demon killed by Indra; (he is supposed to be a personification of darkness); see इन्द्र.

    [वृत्-रक्]

    1. Name of a demon killed by Indra; (he is supposed to be a personification of darkness); see इन्द्र.
    2. A cloud.
    3. Darkness.
    4. An enemy.
    5. Sound.
    6. A wheel.
    7. Name of Indra.
    8. A mountain.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्रम् Leather.

    • -अरिः, -द्विष् Masculine, -शत्रुः, -हन् Masculine epithets of Indra; क्रुद्धेऽपि पक्षच्छिदि वृत्रशत्रौ Ku.1.2; वाचा हरिं वृत्रहणं स्मितेन 7.46.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वृत्रvṛtram. (only once in TS.) or n. (mostly in pl.) "coverer, investor, restrainer", an enemy, foe, hostile host RV.…
    1. masculine gender (only once in TS.) or neuter gender (mostly in plural) "coverer, investor, restrainer", an enemy, foe, hostile host fg-veda TS.
    2. masculine gender Name of the Vedic personification of an imaginary malignant influence or demon of darkness and drought (supposed to take possession of the clouds, causing them to obstruct the clearness of the sky and keep back the waters; Indra इन्द्र is represented as battling with this evil influence in the pent up clouds poetically pictured as mountains or castles which are shattered by his thunderbolt and made to open their receptacles [confer, compare especially fg-veda i, 31]; as a Da1nava दानव, Vr2itra वृत्र is a son of Tvasht2r2i त्वष्टृ, or of Danu दनु quod vide, and is often identified with Ahi अहि, the serpent of the sky, and associated with other evil spirits, such as S3ushn2a शुष्ण, Namuci नमुचि, Pipru पिप्रु, S3ambara शम्बर, Uran2a उरण, whose malignant influences are generally exercised in producing darkness or drought) fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender a thunder-cloud fg-veda iv, 10, 5 (confer, compare Naigh. i, 10)
    4. masculine gender darkness Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a wheel Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender a mountain Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of a particular mountain Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a stone Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator
    9. masculine gender Name of Indra इन्द्र (?) Lexicographers
    10. neuter gender wealth (Equivalent to धन) Lexicographers (varia lectio वित्त)
    11. neuter gender sound, noise (Equivalent to ध्वनि) Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वृत्रvṛtra[vri-trá] n. (gnly. pl.) [encloser, invester; √1. vri] harasser, foe, hostile host (RV.); m. id. (TS.1); m. N.…

    [vri-trá] neuter (generally plural) [encloser, invester; √1. vri] harasser, foe, hostile host (Rig-veda); masculine the same (Taittirlya-Samhitâ1); masculine noun of a demon, personifica tion of the malign power of drought, slain by Indra, son of Tvashtri, imprisoner of the celestial waters, often called Ahi; thunder-cloud (rare, Veda, Vedic).

    Source: Macdonell

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