A dead body in a cemetery. nā 1 N. of a female demon who, while attempting to kill Kṛṣṇa, when but an infant, was herself crushed by him.

2 A demoness, or Rākṣasī in general; mā pūtanātvamupa- gāḥśivatātiredhi Māl. 9. 49. Comp. ariḥ, -sūdanaḥ, -han m. epithets of Kṛṣṇa.