पूतनः (pUtanaH)

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Apte

English

पूतनः [pūtanḥ],  A dead body in a cemetery.

ना N.
  of a female demon who,  while attempting to kill Kṛiṣṇa,  when but an infant,  was herself crushed by him. 

A demoness,  or Rākṣasī in general
 मा पूतनात्वमुपगाः शिवतातिरेधि Māl.
 9.5.

Terminalia chebula (हरीतकी)
 'पूतना राक्षसीभेदे हरीतक्यां च पूतना' Viśva.  Comp.
   -अरिः,  -सूदनः,  -हन् m.
  epithets of Kṛiṣṇa. 

Apte 1890

English

 पूतनः A dead body in a cemetery. 
ना 1 N. of a female demon who,  while attempting to kill Kṛṣṇa,  when but an infant,  was herself crushed by him. 
2 A demoness,  or Rākṣasī in general
 मा पूतनात्वमुपगाःशिवतातिरेधि Māl. 9. 49. 
Comp. 
अरिः,  
सूदनः,  
हन् m. epithets of Kṛṣṇa. 

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