कैटभः (kaiTabhaH)

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Apte

English

कैटभः [kaiṭabhḥ],  N.
  of a demon killed by Viṣṇu. [He was a very powerful demon.  He and Madhu are said to have sprung from the ears of Viṣṇu while he was asleep
 and when they were about to devour Brahman they were slain by Viṣṇu]. -भा,  -भी An epithet of Durgā.Comp.   -अरिः,  -अर्दनः,  -जित् m.
 ,  -रिपुः,  -हन् epithets of Viṣṇu
 एष मानवि ते गर्भं प्रविष्टः कैटभार्दनः Bhāg.*
  3.24.18
 उदमज्जि कैटभजितः शयनात् Śi.*
  9.3.

Apte 1890

English

 कैटभः N. of a demon killed by Viṣṇu. [He was a very powerful demon. He and Madhu are said to have sprung from the ears of Viṣṇu while he was asleep
 and when they were about to devour Brahman they were slain by Viṣṇu]. 
भा 
भी An epithet of Durgā. 
Comp. 
अरिः,  
जित् m.,  
रिपुः,  
हन् epithets of Viṣṇu. 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

कैटभः
पुं*
  - कीट - भा - ड - अण्
राक्षस का नाम जिसे विष्णु के मार गिराया

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Wordnet

Sanskrit

Synonyms:
  कैटभः
noun
 
एकः दैत्यः।कैटभः
 "भगवान् विष्णुः कैटभं जघान।"

Synonyms:
  कैटभः
noun
 
लेखनप्रकारविशेषः ।
 "कैटभः दिव्यवधाने प्राप्यते"

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 कैटभः,  पुं,
   स्वनामख्यातो दैत्यविशेषः ॥
 (अयन्तुविष्णोःकर्णमलोद्भूतयोरसुरयोरन्यतरः । पाद्मकल्पेजातः सन् एकार्णवे योगनिद्रायां स्थितस्य भगवतोनाभिपद्मादाविर्भूतं अब्जयोनिं ब्रह्माणं यदा हन्तु-मुद्यतः तदा योगनिद्रां विहाय समुत्थितेन भगवताजघनोपरि समुत्थाप्य निहतोऽयं दुर्द्दान्तोऽसुरः ॥
)यथा,  -- मार्कण्डेयपुराणम् ।“योगनिद्रां यदा विष्णुर्जगत्येकार्णवीकृते ।आस्तीर्य्य शेषमभजत् कल्पान्ते भगवान् प्रभुः ॥
तदा द्वावसुरौ घोरौ विख्यातौ मधुकैटभौ ।विष्णुकर्णमलोद्भूतौ हन्तुं ब्रह्माणमुद्यतौ” ॥
(एतस्योत्पत्त्यादिकं सविस्तरं हरिवंशे ५२अध्याये दर्शनीयम् ॥
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