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वर्चिन् (varcin)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वर्चि॑न्
m.
N.
 of a demon.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वर्चि॑न्
m.
N.
 of a demon (slain by Indra or by Indra and Viṣṇu jointly),
RV.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वर्चिन्, ई, m., Ved., N. of an Asura or demon
(who with his family and dependants was slain by
Indra [Ṛg-veda II. 14, 6], or by Indra and Viṣṇu
jointly, Ṛg-veda VII. 99, 5).
Macdonell
English
वर्चिन् varc-ín,
m.
 N. of a demon combatted 🞄by Indra.
Vedic Reference
English
Varcin is the name of a foe of Indra in the Rigveda.^1 Being
called a Dāsa, ^2 and coupled with Śambara, he is probably to be
regarded as a terrestrial foe, though he is also spoken of as an
Asura.^3 He may possibly have been connected with the
Vṛcīvants.
1) ii. 14, 6
iv. 30, 14. 15
vi. 47, 21
vii. 99, 5.
2) Rv. iv. 30, 15
vi. 47, 21.
3) Rv. vii. 99, 5.
Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig-
veda, 3, 152
Hillebrandt, Vedische
Mythologie, 1, 103, n. 3
3, 273
Mac-
donell, Vedic Mythology, p. 162 (F).
Capeller
German
वर्चि॑न्
m.
 N. eines Dämons.
Grassman
German
varcín, a., m., ursprünglich a. „glänzend“ (vgl. várcas), daher 2〉 m., Name eines Dämons, der mit śámbara den Indra bekämpft und mit 100000 Mannen gegen ihn auszieht, aber von Indra erschlagen wird.
-ínam {488, 21}.
-ínas [G.] śatám sahásram {205, 6}
{615, 5}
sahasrā́ṇi śatā́ {326, 15}.