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वज्रवेग (vajravega)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वज्रवेग
m.
N.
of a Rākṣasa.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
वज्रवेग vajravega
m.
having the swiftness of a thunderbolt or of lightning
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वज्र—वेग
m.
‘having the swiftness of a thunderbolt or of lightning’,
N.
of a Rākṣasa,
MBh.
of a Vidyā-dhara,
Kathās.
Mahabharata
English
Vajravega, a Rākshasa, brother of Dūshaṇa and Pramāthin. § 538 (Kumbhakarṇaraṇagamana): III, 286, 16405 (Dūshaṇāvarajau…Vº-Pramāthinau), 16407 (º-Pramāthinau).--§ 539 (Kumbhakarṇādivadha): III, 287, 16430 (do.), 16433 (º-Pramāthinoḥ), 16434 (Rakshasaḥ, slain by Hanūmat).--Cf. Dūshaṇānuja (dual), Dūshaṇāvaraja (dual), Rakshas.
पुराणम्
English
वज्रवेग / VAJRAVEGA. A giant who was the brother of khara, dūṣaṇa and Tri{??}iras. In the battle between rāma and rāvaṇa vajravega stood as the attendant of kumbhakarṇa and fought with śrī rāma and was killed by hanūmān. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 287).