Vritra, Vṛtra: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛtra can be transliterated into English as Vrtra or Vritra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVṛtra (वृत्र):—(von 1. var) [Uṇādisūtra 2, 13.]
1) Bedränger, Feind, feindliches Heer: a) n. gew. pl.: indreṇa yu.ā taruṣema vṛ.ram [Ṛgveda 7, 48, 2. 8, 9, 4.] yujaṃ vṛ.reṣu va.riṇam [1, 7, 5.] yatkā.ave.daśa vṛ.rāṇyapra.i ni sa.asrāṇi ba.hayaḥ [1, 53, 6. 48, 13. 3, 49, 1. 4, 17, 19. 22, 9. 24, 10.] sa hanti vṛ.rā sami.heṣu.śatrūn [41, 2.] u.hayāni [6, 19, 3. 26, 2.] vṛ.rā, dasyūn [29, 6.] vṛ.rā, a.itrān [33, 1.] u.hayāṃ2 a.itrā.dāsā vṛ.rāṇyāryā ca [3. 46, 1. 7, 83, 1.] vṛ.reṣu.śūrā.maṃsata u.rāḥ [34, 3. 92, 4.] [Vālakhilya 1, 2.] — b) m. = ari, ripu [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 166.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 459.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 86.] [Halāyudha 5, 60.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] vṛtrāṃghnaṃścaret [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 4, 13, 1.] —
2) m. Name eines von Indra bekämpften und erschlagenen Dämons, der die himmlischen Wasser raubt; häufig Vṛtra Ahi genannt; ein Sohn Tvaṣṭar’s von der Danāyus (Anāyuṣā) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 166. 31, 240.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 174.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] [Ṛgveda 1, 32, 5. 7. 51, 4. 80, 2. fgg. 121, 11. 2, 11, 9. 18.] a.o vavri.āṃsaṃ vṛ.ram [14, 2. 30, 2.] pa.i.hiṃ na.īnām [3, 33, 6.] na.ī.ṛtam [8, 12, 26.] vṛ.reṇa.yadahinā.bibhra.āyudhā sa.asthithāḥ [10, 113, 3. 6.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 85, 3. 134, 1. 8, 5, 3. 12, 1, 37. 20, 128, 13.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 3, 4.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2541. 2680.] valavṛtrau [3, 12073. 5, 7024. 12, 3660] (fehlerhaft vṛtta ed. Calc.). [Harivaṃśa 2286. 7302. 12503. 13185.] valo vṛtrabhrātā [13187.] vṛtrāsura [13589. 14289.] nāśa [Rāmāyaṇa.2,25,30.] [Oxforder Handschriften 59,b,25. 71,b,31.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.6,9,17.] nāthāḥ [?10, 27. Mancherlei Legenden über ihn, z. B. Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 1, 4, 5. 4, 12, 2. 6, 1, 1, 5. 5, 1, 1. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 15. The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 6, 3, 17. 4, 1. 4, 1, 4, 8. Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 15, 3. Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 18, 5, 2. Mahābhārata 5, 275. fgg. 12, 10002. fgg. 14, 298. fgg. Harivaṃśa 13587. fgg. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 9, 11. fgg.] —
3) m. Gewitterwolke [das 1, 10.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3, 21, 2.] vṛ.rājjā.o divāka.aḥ [4, 10, 5.] —
4) m. Finsterniss [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 166.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 19.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] —
5) n. so v. a. dhana [das 2, 10.] vitta v. l. —
6) m. Rad (cakra) [VIŚVA.] —
7) m. Berg [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA]; ein best. Berg [Medinīkoṣa] —
8) m. ein N. Indra's [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —
9) n. = dhvani Comm. zu [Uṇādisūtra] in [Siddhāntakaumudī] dhvanau fehlerhaft für ghane . — Vgl. valavṛtraghna, valavṛtranisūdana, valavṛtrahan .
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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Starts with (+15): Vritrabhojana, Vritradruh, Vritradvish, Vritraghataka, Vritraghna, Vritraghni, Vritragita, Vritraha, Vritrahamtama, Vritrahan, Vritrahant, Vritrahantar, Vritrahantri, Vritrahatha, Vritrahatya, Vritrahay, Vritrahaya, Vritrakhada, Vritranashana, Vritraputra.
Ends with: Balavritra.
Full-text (+147): Vritradvish, Vritrari, Balavritranisudana, Vritrashatru, Vritrahan, Vritraputra, Vritraha, Vartrahatya, Vritrabhojana, Ahi, Anayusha, Vritratur, Vritranashana, Vritraripu, Vritratara, Vritravairin, Shambaravritrahan, Vritratva, Balavritrahan, Balavritraghna.
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