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कीर्तिमान् (kIrtimAn)

 
पुराणम्
English
कीर्तिमान् १ / KĪRTIMĀN I. The first son born to vasudeva and devakī. As a celestial voice had warned kaṁsa that the eighth son of devakī would kill him he had ordered that every child born to her should be taken to him. Accordingly the first-born son of devakī was taken to him, but was returned to the parents as kaṁsa thought that he was not his enemy. He was brought up under the name kīrtimān. Afterwards nārada visited kaṁsa and explained to him about his former birth, the object of Kṛṣṇa's incarnation etc. This information so angered kaṁsa that he got vasudeva and devakī chained in prison. Moreover he brought back the first-born son of devakī and dashed him to death on a stone. Thus ended the life of kīrtimān.
कीर्तिमान् २ / KĪRTIMĀN II. Mahāviṣṇu mentally created a son called virajas, and kīrtimān was his son. A son called kardama was born to kīrtimān. (śānti Parva, Chapter 59, Verse 90).
कीर्तिमान् ३ / KĪRTIMĀN III. A Viśvadeva (universal deva). (anuśāsana parva, Chapter 91, Verse 31).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
कीर्त्तिमान् [त्]
पुं,
 (कीत्तिरस्यास्तीति मतुप् ।)वसुदेवज्येष्ठपुत्त्रः । (यथा भागवते ९ । २४ । ५३ ।“वसुदेवस्तु देवक्यां अष्टपुत्त्रानजीजनत् ।कीर्त्तिमन्तं सुषेणञ्च भद्रसेनमुदारधीः ।ऋजुं संमर्दनं भद्रं सङ्कर्षणमहीश्वरम्” ॥
)कीर्त्तिविशिष्टे त्रि ॥
(यथा, हेः रामायणे १ । २ । ४२ ।“उदारवृत्तार्थपदैर्मनोरमै-स्तदास्य रामस्य चकार कीर्त्तिमान् ।समाक्षरैः श्लोकशतैर्यशस्विनोयशस्करं काव्यमुदारदर्शनः” ॥
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