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दंभ (daMbha)

 
L R Vaidya
English
daMBa {% m. %} 1. Deceit, fraud, roguery
2. religious hypocrisy, Bg.xvi.4
3. arrogance, ostentation
4. sin, wickedness
5. the thunderbolt of Indra.
पुराणम्
English
दंभ / DAṀBHA. A dānava or asura. daṁbha was the son of vipracitti an asura born to kaśyapa by his wife danu. This daṁbha is the father of śaṅkhacūḍa, an asura. daṁbha received from their teacher śukra, the spell known as the famous Viṣṇumantra and went to Puṣkaratīrtha and did penance there for one lac of years. It was due to this penance that the son Śaṅkhacūda was born to him. (devī bhāgavata, skandha 9).