Vajrabahu, Vajrabāhu: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajrabāhu (वज्रबाहु):—
1) adj. den Donnerkeil in der Hand haltend, Indra: manave su.ā a.aścakara.vajrabāhuḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 165, 8. 2, 12, 12. fg. 4, 20, 1.] Indra-Agnī [1, 109, 7.] Rudra [2, 33, 3.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Oxforder Handschriften 74,b,7.] eines Fürsten von Orissa [MACK. Coll. I, 24.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - The Marriage of Bhadrāyus < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 17 - The breaking of ego of Rukmi and the servants of God < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 10 - Bhadrāyu Resuscitated < [Section 3 - Brāhmottara-khaṇḍa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 3: Story of Kīrtidhara and Sukośala < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]
Part 2: Rāma’s lineage (introduction) < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]
Part 16: Eighth incarnation as Suvarṇabāhu < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]
Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study) (by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 2 - Sūrya (The God of Atmosphere) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]