Vajranabha, Vajranābha, Vajra-nabha: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajranābha (वज्रनाभ):—
1) adj. eine diamantene Nabe habend: cakra [Mahābhārata 1, 8196. 8, 3853. 10, 625. 16, 60.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 43, 33.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2565.] — b) eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 199. 8553. fgg. 12933.] — c) eines Fürsten [Sāhityadarpana 185, 1.] eines Sohnes des Uktha [Harivaṃśa 827.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 386.] des Unnābha [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 20.] des Sthala [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 12, 2.]
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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Partial matches: Vajra, Nabha.
Full-text (+50): Khagana, Vajranabhiya, Vajranagara, Shankhanabha, Shankhana, Balasthala, Vajrasena, Sunabha, Shucimukhi, Vajrapura, Utka, Sagana, Vidhriti, Pradyumnavijaya, Prabhavati, Mahapitha, Subahu, Pitha, Bahu, Gunavati.
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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 92 - The Destruction of Vajranabha: An Account of Prabhavati < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 94 - The Yadavas Arrive at the City of Asuras as Actors < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 97 - Vajranabha Wants to Conquer the Celestial Region < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.24.79 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 1 - The Greatness of Vrajabhūmi < [Section 6 - Bhāgavata-māhātmya]
Chapter 17 - The breaking of ego of Rukmi and the servants of God < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 237 - Greatness of Vajreśvara (Vajra-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Sixth incarnation as Vajranābha < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]
Part 19: Eleventh incarnation as Vajranābha < [Chapter I]
Part 13: Sixth incarnation of Kamaṭha < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 12 - The Description of Ikṣvāku’s Race (concluded) < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]