हयग्रीव (hayagrIva)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 हयग्रीव m.
  (-वः) A prince of the Daityas,  who during BRAHMA'S sleep
at the end of a KALPA stole the Vedas
 in the recovery of them, 
he was slain by VISHṆU,  after his descent as the MATSYA or fish
Avatār.
 E.
  हय a horse,  and ग्रीवा neck.

Capeller Eng

English

 हयग्रीव a.
  horse-necked
 m.
  a form of Viṣṇu.

Yates

English

 हय-ग्रीव (वः) 1.
m.
  A
Daitya prince
who stole the
Vedas and was
killed by
Vishnu in his fish in-
carnation. 

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  horse-necked
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of a wicked king of the videhas
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  of a demon
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  of a tantra deity
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of a demon 
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of a rAjarSi
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of a muni
हयग्रीव 	-	 hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of the supposed author of the chAndogya upaniSad and various other writers

हयग्रीव 	-	  hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of the supposed author of the chAndogya upaniSad and various other writers

हयग्रीव 	-	  hayagrIva 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of the supposed author of the chAndogya upaniSad and various other writers

 
   हयग्रीव  hayagrIva m.
   horse-necked    

 
   हयग्रीव  hayagrIva m.
   name of a rAjarSi    
   राजर्षिलोक  rAjarSiloka m.
   world of the rAjarSis    

Wilson

English

 हयग्रीव
m.
  (-वः) A prince of the Daityas,  who during BRAHMĀ'S
sleep at the end of a Kalpa stole the Vedas
 in the recovery of them, 
he was slain by VIṢṆU,  after his descent as the Matsya or fish
Avatāra.
E.
  हय a horse,  and ग्रीबा neck.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 हय—ग्रीव m.
  ‘horse-necked’,  N.
  of a form of Viṣṇu (manifested accord.
  to one legend,  in order to recover the Veda carried off by two Daityas called Madhu and Kaiṭabha),  Pañcar.
 

 of a Daitya (also called ब्रह्म-वेद-प्रहर्तृ,  as having carried off the Vedas at the dissolution of the universe caused by Brahma's sleep at the end of the past Kalpa
 in order to recover them,  Viṣṇu became incarnate as a Matsya or fish,  and slew Haya-grīva),  Hariv.
 
 Kathās.
  &c.
  

 of a Rākṣasa,  R.
 

 of a Tantra deity,  Buddh.
 

 of a Rājarṣi,  MBh.
  

 of a wicked king of the Videhas,  MBh.
  

 of a Muni,  Cat.
 

 of the supposed author of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad and various other writers &c.
  ,  ib.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

हयग्रीवः
पुं*
  हयः-ग्रीवः -
विष्णु का एक रुप

हयग्रीवः
पुं*
  हयः-ग्रीवः -
एक राक्षस का काम

Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

English

 हयग्रीव nominal author of the Jaṭāpaṭala.

 हयग्रीव
		Lakṣmītantra.

 हयग्रीव
		Siddhāntadīpa,  vedānta.

 हयग्रीव
		Praśnaratnāvalī jy.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 Hayagrīva,  n. of a deity,  assoc. with Bhṛkuṭī: Sādh 〔37.10〕 et alibi.

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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मधुधेनुकचाणूरपूतनायमलार्जुनाः ॥ २१९ ॥
कालनेमिहयग्रीवशकटारिष्टकैटभाः ।
कंसः केशिमुरौ साल्वमैन्दद्विविदराहवः ॥ २२० ॥
हिरण्यकशिपुर्वाणः कालियो नरको बलिः ।
शिशुपालश्चास्य वध्या वैनतेयस्तु वाहनम् ॥ २२१ ॥
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विष्णुवध्य (पुं),  मधु (पुं),  धेनुक (पुं),  चाणूर (पुं),  पूतना (स्त्री),  यमल (पुं),  अर्जुन (पुं),  कालनेमि (पुं),  हयग्रीव (पुं),  शकट (पुं),  अरिष्ट (पुं),  कैटभ (पुं),  कंस (पुं),  केशिन् (पुं),  मुर (पुं),  साल्व (पुं),  मैन्द (पुं),  द्विविद (पुं),  राहु (पुं),  हिरण्यकशिपु (पुं),  बाण (पुं),  कालिय (पुं),  नरक (पुं),  बलि (पुं),  शिशुपाल (पुं),  विष्णुवाहन (क्ली),  वैनतेय (पुं)

Mahabharata

English

Hayagrīva^1,  a Videha king. § 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V,  74,  2731 (Videhānāṃ,  among the wicked kings who annihilated their kinsmen,  etc.).

Hayagrīva^2,  an Asura. § 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V,  130,  4415 (in a later birth he was slain by Kṛshṇa. Cf. Hariv.,  3109--10).

Hayagrīva^3,  an ancient king. § 628b (Rājadh.): The ancient king H.,  after having slain a large number of his foes in battle,  was himself defeated and slain,  being once without a follower at his side. He acquired great fame from the battles he fought. This was his sacrifice,  and having completed it by yielding up his life-breaths,  he is now sporting in the regions of the gods. He protected his kingdom,  performed sacrifices,  was possessed of learning,  etc. He drank soma in the sacrifices,  gratified the brahmans,  etc.,  therefore he won heaven: XII,  24,  720 (rājarsheḥ).

पुराणम्

English

हयग्रीव १ / HAYAGRĪVA I. An asura,  the son of Kaśyapaprajāpati by his wife danu. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa,  Araṇyakāṇḍa,  Canto 14).
As a child the asura began tapas on the banks of river sarasvatī,  and after a thousand years devī appeared and asked him to choose any boon he wanted,  and he wanted to become invincible by devas and Asuras,  and also deathless. When devī told him that such a boon was out of question,  he wanted the boon that he (hayagrīva) should not be killed by anyone but by a hayagrīva (one with the horse's neck). devī granted him the boon.
hayagrīva,  who became haughty and overconfident on receiving such a boon,  went about the three worlds troubling good people,  and at last he clashed with the devas. As he could be killed only by one with the head of a horse the combined attack of Mahāviṣṇu and the devas did not succeed in defeating him and Mahāviṣṇu decided to rest for some time to recoup himself from weariness. During his rest his head was hit by the end of his own bow and the head was severed from the trunk. Mahāviṣṇu replaced the head thus lost with that of a horse and killed hayagrīva in fight. (For details see cital).

हयग्रीव २ / HAYAGRĪVA II. An asura who guarded the kingdom of Narakāsura. He was killed by śrī kṛṣṇa,  (Udyoga Parva,  Chapter 130 Verse 50).

हयग्रीव ३ / HAYAGRĪVA III. A King born in the videha dynasty. (Udyoga Parva,  Chapter 74,  Verse 15).

हयग्रीव ४ / HAYAGRĪVA IV. A saintly king. Though he defeated his enemies,  yet,  as he had no backing and support,  he was finally killed. The story of hayagrīva was told by vyāsa to teach dharmaputra the lesson that even the greatest of heroes requires the support of others. Though killed,  hayagrīva secured a place in heaven. (śānti Parva,  Chapter 24,  Verse 23).

हयग्रीव ५ / HAYAGRĪVA V. An incarnation of viṣṇu.1) In Vedic literature:  --In Vedic literature incarnation as hayagrīva is attributed not to viṣṇu,  but to yajña. But the Taittirīya āraṇyaka depicts yajña as a protoform of viṣṇu. The inference that may be drawn from the above is that the root of the hayagrīva story detailed in Vedic and Purāṇic literature is one and the same.
About the hayagrīva incarnation the Pañcaviṁsabrāhmaṇa contains the following story.
agni,  indra,  vāyu and yajña (viṣṇu) once began a yajña on the understanding that the havirbhāga obtained from it should be divided among all the  devas. But,  in violation of the agreement,  yajña left the place carrying away the whole Yajñabhāga with him,  and he drove back the devas who followed him with the help of the bow presented to him by devī. Finally the devas got the string of the bow bitten off by termites and the bow which got straightened up cut off yajña's head. yajña then apologized for his offence and then the devas got the aśvinīdevas to fix the head of a horse to the trunk of yajña. (Pañcaviṁśabrāhmaṇa 7,  5,  6
 Taittirīya āraṇyaka 5,  1
 Taittirīya saṁhitā,  4-9,  1).2) In Purāṇic literature.   The above story is told in skanda purāṇa with slight modifications as follows:-
Once brahmā and other Devatās conducted a test as to which one amongst them was the greatest,  and when it became evident tha tMahāviṣṇu was,  in every respect,  superior to all the others brahmā cursed that viṣṇu should lose his head. viṣṇu,  who got thus bereft of his head attended a yajña conducted by the devas with the head of a horse attached to his trunk. After the yajña was over he went to dharmāraṇya and did tapas there and by the blessings of śiva got back his former head instead of that of the horse.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 हयग्रीवः,  पुं,
   (हयस्य ग्रीवा इव ग्रीवा यस्य ।)मधुकटभहृतवेदोद्धारार्थं विष्णारवतारविशेषः ।तस्य रूपं यथा,  --“सुनासिकेन कायेन भूत्वा चन्द्रप्रभस्तदा ।कृत्वा हयशिरः शुभ्रं वेदानामालयं प्रभुः ॥
तस्य मूर्द्धा समभवत् द्यौः सनक्षत्रतारका ।केशाश्चास्याभवद्दीर्घा रवेरंशुसमप्रभाः ॥
कर्णावाकाशपाताले ललाटं भूतधारिणी ।गङ्गा सरस्वती श्रोण्यौ भ्रुवावास्तां महोदधी ॥
चक्षुषी सोमसूर्य्यौ ते नासा सन्ध्या पुनः स्मृता ।प्रणवस्त्वथ संस्कारो विद्युज्जिह्वा च निर्म्मिता ॥
दन्ताश्च पितरो राजन् सोमपा इति विश्रुताः ।गोलोको ब्रह्मलोकश्च ओष्ठावास्तां महात्मनः ॥
ग्रीवा चास्याभवद्राजन् कालरात्रिर्गुणोत्तरा ।एतद्धयशिरः कृत्वा नानामूर्त्तिभिरावृतम् ॥
”इति महाभारतम् ॥
 * ॥
(हवग्रीवदैत्यवधार्थमेव भगवान् हयग्रीवमूर्त्ति-रभवत् । इति देवीभागवतमतम् ॥
 अस्यविवरणन्तु तत्रैव १ स्कन्धे ५ अध्याये द्रष्टव्यम् ।)विष्णुवध्यदैत्यविशेषः । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
 स चकल्पान्ते ब्रह्माणि प्रसुप्ते वेदं हृतवान् । तद्वेदो-द्धारणार्थं विष्णुना मत्स्यावतारेण स हतः ।इति केचित् ॥
 * ॥
 आप च ।“वृद्धगङ्गाजलस्यान्तन्तीरे ब्रह्मसुतस्य च ।विश्वनाथाह्वयो देवः शिवलिङ्गममन्वितः ।विश्वदेवी महादेवी योनिमण्डलरूपिणी ॥
हयग्रीवेण युयुधे तत्र देवो जगत्पतिः ।हयग्रीवं यत्र हत्वा मणिकूटं तथागमत् ॥
”इति कालिकापुराणे ८२ अध्यायः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 हयग्रीव पु०
  हयस्येव दीथां ग्रीवाऽस्य । १ विष्णरवतारभदे२ दैत्यभेदे च “हयग्रीवेण युयुधे तत्र देवो जगत्पतिः ।हयग्रीवं यत्र हत्वा मणिकूटं तथागम हं कालिपु० ८२ अ० । ३ दुर्गायां स्त्री तन्मूर्त्तिलक्षणं अश्वाशरम्शब्दे ५१४ पृ० दृश्यम् । ४ राजार्षभेदे “यद्वृत्तं पूर्वराजर्षेर्हयग्रीवस्य पाण्डव!” भा० शा० २४ अ० ।

Capeller

German

 हयग्रीव einen Pferdehals habend
 m.
 
Mannsname.

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