Indrashatru, Indraśatru, Indra-shatru: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Indraśatru can be transliterated into English as Indrasatru or Indrashatru, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexIndraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु).—One of Bhaṇḍa's councillors.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 12. 12.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु).—
1) an enemy or destroyer of Indra (when the accent is on the last syllable), an epithet of प्रह्लाद (prahlāda); इन्द्रशत्रो विवर्धस्व मा चिरं जहि विद्विषम् (indraśatro vivardhasva mā ciraṃ jahi vidviṣam) Bhāgavata 6.9.12. बलिप्रदिष्टां श्रियमाददानं त्रैविक्रमं पादमिवेन्द्रशत्रुः (balipradiṣṭāṃ śriyamādadānaṃ traivikramaṃ pādamivendraśatruḥ) R.7.35.
2) [indraḥ śatruḥ yasya] one whose enemy is Indra, an epithet of वृत्र (vṛtra) (when the accent is on the first syllable). (This refers to a legend in the Śat. Br., where it is said that Vṛtra's father intended his son to become the destroyer of Indra, and asked him to say indraśatrurvadhasva &c. but who, through mistake, accented the word on the first syllable, and was killed by Indra; cf. Śik.52; mantro hīnaḥ svarato varṇato vā mithyāprayukto na tamarthamāha | sa vāgvajro yajamānaṃ hinasti yathendraśatruḥ svarato'parādhāt || -śalabhaḥ a kind of insect (indragopa).
Derivable forms: indraśatruḥ (इन्द्रशत्रुः).
Indraśatru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and śatru (शत्रु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु).—m. Prahlāda, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 32.
Indraśatru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and śatru (शत्रु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु).—1. [masculine] Indra's conqueror.
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Indraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु).—2. [adjective] having Indra as conqueror.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indraśatru (इन्द्रशत्रु):—[=indra-śatru] [from indra] mfn. (indra) one whose enemy or conqueror is Indra, conquered by Indra, [Ṛg-veda i, 32, 6; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘Indra’s enemy (in this sense the accent is indra-śatru cf. [Introduction] p. xviii)’, Name of Prahlāda, [Raghuvaṃśa vii, 32; Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 9, 11] (with both the meanings).
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