Dushkarna, Duṣkarṇa: 5 definitions
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Dushkarna has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Duṣkarṇa can be transliterated into English as Duskarna or Dushkarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDuṣkarṇa (दुष्कर्ण):—(2. duṣ + karṇa) m. Nomen proprium eines der 100 Söhne des Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Mahābhārata 1, 2730. 6, 3493. fgg.] duḥkarṇa [1, 4542. 6, 3344.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDuṣkarṇa (दुष्कर्ण):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dhrtarāṣṭra.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXXX < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section CLIV < [Ghatotkacha-badha Parva]
Section CXVII < [Sambhava Parva]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 109 - Greatness of Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 108 - The Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Chapter 6 - The Fifth and Sixth Days of the Great Battle < [Bhisma Parva]
Chapter 10 - The Death of Ghatotkacha < [Drona Parva]