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विद्युत्प्रभ (vidyutprabha)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
विद्युत्प्रभ vidyutprabha
adj.
 flashing like lightning
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विद्युत्—प्रभ
mfn.
 flashing like lightning,
L.
विद्युत्—प्रभ
m.
N.
 of a Ṛṣi,
MBh.
of a king of the Daityas,
Kathās.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Vidyutprabha,
(1) n. of a former Buddha: Mv 〔i.136.14〕
(2) n. of a samādhi: Mvy 〔612〕 (not in ŚsP)
(3) n. of a mountain (also in Jain Skt. and Pkt. Vijjuppabha, Kirfel, Kosm. 〔233, 245〕): Māy 〔253.35〕
(4) m. (or nt.), vidyu-pr°, a kind of gem: Mv 〔ii.317.9〕
cf. next but one.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
glog gi 'od
१) विद्युत्प्रभ २) सुर्यविद्युत्प्रभ
glog 'od
विद्युत्प्रभ
Mahabharata
English
Vidyutprabha^1, a Dānava(?). § 730e (Ānuśāsanik.): Pleased with V., Mahādeva (i.e. Śiva) granted him the sovereignty of the three worlds which he enjoyed for a hundred thousand years. Śiva further granted him that he should become one of his attendants and obtain a hundred millions of children, and gave him the region named Kuśadvīpa: XIII, 14, 671.
Vidyutprabha^2, a ṛshi. § 766 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 125, 5963 (ṛshiḥ), 5969 (instructed Indra).
पुराणम्
English
विद्युत्प्रभ १ / VIDYUTPRABHA I. See under muktāphalaketu.
विद्युत्प्रभ २ / VIDYUTPRABHA II. A hermit. (mahābhārata, anuśāsana parva, Chapter 125).
विद्युत्प्रभ ३ / VIDYUTPRABHA III. A dānava (asura). This asura pleased Rudradeva by penance and acquired from him the control of all the three worlds for one lakh of years, the recognition as a follower of śiva and the kingdom of kuśadvīpa, as boons. (M.B. anuśāsana parva, Chapter 14).