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पिप्रु (pipru)

 
Capeller Eng
English
पि॑प्रु
m.
N.
 of a demon.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पि॑प्रु
m.
 (√ पृ)
N.
 of a demon conquered by Indra,
RV.
Monier Williams 1872
English
पिप्रु पिप्रु, उस्, m. (fr. rt. पॄ?), Ved., N.
of a demon (who was conquered and whose strong-
holds were destroyed by Indra).
Macdonell
English
पिप्रु pí-pr-u,
m.
 [√ pṛ], N. of a demon vanquished 🞄by Indra.
Vedic Reference
English
Pipru is the name of a foe of Indra in the Rigveda. He
was repeatedly defeated by Indra for Ṛjiśvan.^1 Mentioned as
possessing forts, ^2 he is called a Dāsa^3 as well as an Asura.^4
He is described as having a black brood, ^5 and as being allied
with blacks.^6 It is uncertain whether he was a demon, accord-
ing to Roth's^7 view, which is favoured by the use of the word
Asura, or a human foe, as Ludwig, ^8 Oldenberg, ^9 and Hillebrandt^10
believe. The name may mean ‘resister, ’ from the root pṛ.
1) i. 101, 1, 2
iv. 16, 13
v. 29, 11
vi. 20, 7
viii. 49, 10
x. 99, 11
138, 3.
In i. 103, 8
ii. 14, 5
vi. 18, 8, the
reference is general to a defeat of Pipru
by Indra.
2) Rv. i. 51, 5
vi. 20, 7.
3) Rv. viii. 32, 2.
4) Rv. x. 138, 3.
5) Rv. i. 101, 1.
6) iv. 16, 13.
7) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
8) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 149.
9) Religion des Veda, 155.
10) Vedische Mythologie, 3, 273.
Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology,
p. 161 (C).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
पिप्रु
पु०
 असुरभेदे ऋ० १ । ५१ । ५ भा० ।
Capeller
German
पि॑प्रु
m.
 N. eines Dämons.
Grassman
German
pípru, m., Eigenname eines Dämons, den Indra besiegt und dessen Burgen er zerstört.
-um {101, 2}
{103, 8}
{205, 5}
{312, 13}
{383, 11}
{459, 8}
{652, 2}.
-os púras {51, 5}
{461, 7} (dreisilbig)
vrajám {925, 11}
dṛḍhā́ni {964, 3}.