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जटासुर (jaTAsura)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जटा°सुर
m.
 (°टास्°)
N.
 of a Rakṣas (killed by Bhīma-sena),
MBh.
 iii, vii, xiv
pl.
N.
 of a people in the north-east of Madhyadeśa,
VarBṛS.
 xiv, 30.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
जटासुर
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಒಬ್ಬ ರಾಕ್ಷಸ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > जटायुक्तोऽसुरः
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
जटासुर m. N. eines °Digambara, Laṭ. 4, 5.
Mahabharata
English
Jaṭāsura^1, a Rākshasa. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 455 (ºsya ca vadho Rākshasasya).--§ 435 (Jaṭāsuravadhap.): III, 157, 11455, 11521 (J. carries away Draupadī, the three Pāṇḍavas and their arms, but is checked and slain by Bhīmasena).--§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 21, 685 (all. to § 435).--§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 8, 223 (do.).--§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 174, 7850 (Rākshasāgryaḥ, the father of Alambusha).--§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 16, 501 (all. to § 435).--§ 779 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 12, 324 (do.). Cf. Rakshas, Rākshasa.
Jaṭāsura^2, a prince. § 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4, 119 (in the palace of Yudhishṭhira).
पुराणम्
English
जटासुर १ / JAṬĀSURA I. A King, who was a member of Dharmaputra's assembly. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 24).
जटासुर २ / JAṬĀSURA II. A rākṣasa, jaṭāsura, disguised as a brahmin lived with the pāṇḍavas in the forest. His aim was to carry off pāñcālī and the arrows of the pāṇḍavas as and when he got an opportunity for it. One day taking advantage of Arjuna's absence bhīma was out ahunting) jaṭāsura caught hold of the others as also the arrows and ran away with them. sahadeva alone managed to slip away from his clutches. dharmaputra pledged his word that jaṭāsura would be killed before the sunset. Hearing all the hubbub (bhīma hurried to the scene, killed the asura and saved his brothers and pāñcālī from difficulties and danger. (Vana Parva, Chapter 157).
जटासुर ३ / JAṬĀSURA III. This jaṭāsura had a son called alambuṣa who was killed by ghaṭotkaca in the great war. (droṇa parva, Chapter 174).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
जटासुर
पु०
 जटायुक्तोऽसुरः । १ असुरभेदे । स च ब्राह्मण-रूपञ्चद्मना वनगतयुधिष्ठिरावासे स्थित्वा भीमे वनान्तरं-गते युधिष्ठिरादित्रय सहितां द्रौपदीं जहार ततोयदृच्छाप्राप्तेन भीमेन हतः । तत्कथा वनपर्वणि जटासुरबधपर्वणि दृश्या । २ तदधिष्ठाने देशभेदे स च देशः वृ० स०१४ अ० कूर्मविभागे ऐशान्यामुक्तः । “भल्लापलोलजटासुरकुनटखषघोषकुचिकाख्याः” ।