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विप्रचित्ति (vipracitti)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि॑प्र—चित्ति (वि॑प्र-),
mfn.
 sagacious,
TBr.
वि॑प्र—चित्ति
m.
N.
 of a preceptor,
BṛĀrUp.
of a Dānava (father of Rāhu),
Suparṇ.
MBh.
&c.
 (cf. -चित्)
वि॑प्र—चित्ति
f.
N.
 of an Apsaras,
VP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
विप्रचित्ति विप्रचित्ति, इस्, m., N. of a Dānava.
Mahabharata
English
Vipracitti, an Asura. § 92 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2530 (eldest son of Danu).--§ 130 (do.): I, 67, 2640 (incarnate as Jarāsandha).--§ 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 365 (in the palace of Varuṇa).--§ 585 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 94, 4212 (yathā Śakro…purā vivyādha Dānavaṃ Vºṃ).--§ 587 (do.): VI, 108, 5031 (praikshanta…yudhyamānaṃ… Vºim (C., ºam) ivāmarāḥ).--§ 612 (Hradapraveśap.): IX, 31, 1754 (had been slain).--§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 98, 3661 (Daiteyaṃ, had been slain by Indra
C. has Vºaṃ).-§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166, 6146.--§ 664 (Mokshadh.): XII, 207, 7545 (ºpradhānān Dānavān [“sons of Danu”]).--§ 673b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227, 8262. Cf. Daiteya, Dānava, Dānavarshabha.
पुराणम्
English
विप्रचित्ति / VIPRACITTI .1) General information. A dānava (asura) born to prajāpati kaśyapa, by his wife Danū. Danū had given birth to thirtythree notorious asuras (demons). vipracitti was the eldest of them. His younger brothers were śambara etc. (M.B. Ādi Parva Chapter 65, Stanza 25).2) Other details. (i) siṁhikā was the wife of Vipraoitti. This siṁhikā was the sister of Hiraṇyaka ipu and hiraṇyākṣa and the daughter of kaśyapa and diti. (viṣṇu purāṇa, aṁśa 1, Chapter 15).(ii) It was this vipracitti who took rebirth later as jarāsandha. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 4).(iii) vipracitti stays in the palace of varuṇa praising and glorifying him. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 12).(iv) When Mahāviṣṇu took the form of vāmana and began to measure the three worlds, vipracitti with some asuras surrounded vāmana. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātya pāṭha, Chapter 38).(v) In mahābhārata, śalya Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 12, a statement occurs to the effect that in days of old, Mahāviṣṇu took the form of indra and killed vipracitti.(vi) In the war between devas and asuras, vipracitti was killed by indra. (M.B. śānti Parva, Chapter 47, Stanza 11).
Vedic Reference
English
Vipra-citti^1 or Vipra-jitti^2 is the name of a teacher in
the first two Vaṃśas (lists of teachers) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka
Upaniṣad.
1) ii. 6, 3
iv. 6, 3 Kāṇva
2) ii. 5, 22
iv. 5, 28 Mādhyaṃdina.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
विप्रचित्तिः,
पुं,
 दनुपुत्त्रः । यथा, --सूत उवाच ।“अभवद्दनुपुत्त्राश्च वंशे ख्याता महासुराः ।विप्रचित्तिप्रधानास्ते शतं तीव्रपराक्रमाः ॥
”इति वह्निपुराणे काश्यपीयवंशः ॥
(तथाच महाभारते । १ । ६५ । २१ ।“चत्वारिंशद्दनोः पुत्त्राः ख्याताः सर्व्वत्रभारत ।तेषां प्रथमजो राजा विप्रचित्तिर्म्महायशाः ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
विप्रचित्ति
पु०
 वि + प्र + चित--क्तिच् । दानवभेदे ।