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वृषाण्ड (vRSANDa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
वृषाण्ड vRSANDa
m.
having a bull's testicles
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वृषाण्ड
m.
‘having a bull's testicles’,
N.
of an Asura,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Vṛshāṇḍa, an Asura(?). § 673b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227, 8265 (among the ancient rulers of the earth).
पुराणम्
English
वृषाण्ड / VṚṢĀṆḌA. An asura. Mention is made in mahābhārata, śānti Parva, Chapter 227, Stanza 53, that this asura had once ruled over the earth and that because of the attacks of kāla, he had to leave the earth.