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पर्णय (parNaya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
1. पर्णय
Nom.
P.
°यति, to be green,
Dhātup.
2. पर्ण॑य
m.
N.
of an enemy (‘of an Asura’,
Sāy.
) slain by Indra,
RV.
Monier Williams 1872
English
पर्णय, अस्, m., Ved., N. of an enemy (according
to Sāy. an Asura) slain by Indra.
—पर्णय-घ्न,
अम्, n., Ved. the slaying of Parṇaya.
पुराणम्
English
पर्णय / PARṆAYA. A demon of Ṛgvedic times. He had two friends named Karañjaya and Vaṅgṛda. They attacked the two Kings belonging to the group of āryas named Atithiśvā and ṛjiśvā. The asuras were defeated because of the help sent to the kings by indra. (Sūkta 54, Anuvāka 10, Maṇḍala 1, ṛgveda).
Vedic Reference
English
Parṇaya is the name in two passages of the Rigveda^1 either
of a hero, as Ludwig^2 thinks, or of a demon^3 overcome by Indra.
1) i. 53, 8
x. 48, 2.
2) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 149.
3) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
Grassman
German
parṇáya, m., Bezeichnung eines von Indra getödteten Dämons [voṇ parṇá].
-am {53, 8}.