vṛtraḥ

Dictionary meanings for vṛtraḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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vṛtraḥ

Normalized lookup: vrtrah

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[vṛt-rak] 1 N. of a demon killed by Indra; (he is supposed to be a personification of darkness); see iṃdra.

2 A cloud.

3 Darkness.

4 An enemy.

5 Sound. A wheel.

7 N. of Indra.

8 A mountain. Comp. ariḥ, -dviṣ m., śatruḥ, han m. epithets of Indra; kruddhe'pi pakṣa- cchidi vṛtraśatrau Ku. 1. 20; vācā hariṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ smitena 7. 46.

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