खाण्डवायन (khANDavAyana)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 खाण्डवायन m.
  pl.
  N.
  of a family of Brāhmans,  MBh.
   iii,  10208.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 खाण्डवायन,  आस्,  m. pl.,  N. of a family of
Brāhmans.

Benfey

English

 खाण्डवायन खाण्डवायन,  i. e.
खण्डु,  or खाण्डव + आयन,  m.
  pl.
A tribe of Brāhmaṇas,  MBh. 3,  10208.

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Mahabharata

English

Khāṇḍavāyana,  pl. (ºāḥ),  a family(?) of brahmans. § 398 (Paraśurāma): III,  117,  10208 (tāṃ--sc. vedīṃ--Kaśyapasyānumate brāhmaṇāḥ khaṇḍaśas tadā | vyabhajans te tadā rājan prakhyātāḥ Khºāḥ).

पुराणम्

English

खाण्डवायन / KHĀṆḌAVĀYANA. paraśurāma gave all the countries conquered by him to kaśyapa. Along with the lands he gave a golden dais also. The group of hermits called Khāṇḍavāyanas cut the dais into pieces and shared them with the permission of kaśyapa. (M.B. Vana Parva,  Chapter 117,  Stanza 13).

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 खाण्डवायन पु०
  ऋषिभेदे “व्यभजत तदा राजन्! प्रख्याताःखाण्डवायनाः” भा० व० ११७ अ० ।

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