बीभत्सु

{ bībhatsu }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

BĪBHATSU   One of the ten names of Arjuna. He got this name because he desisted from doing loathful acts. “I will never resort to loathful deeds in war. Therefore the devas and men call me Bibhatsu”. [Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 44, Stanza 18] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

बीभत्सु n.  अर्जुन का नामान्तर [म.वि.३९.१०] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

बीभ°त्सु  mfn.  mfn. loathing, detesting, feeling disgust or repugnance, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.]
   reserved, coy (said of a woman), [RV. i, 164, 8]
बीभ-°त्सु  m.  m. N. of अर्जुन, [MBh.]

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बीभ °त्सु

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

बीभत्सु [bībhatsu] a.  a. Loathing, abhorring, detesting.
   Disgusted.
   Reserved, coy (said of a woman); सा बीभत्सुर्गर्भरसा निविद्धा [Rv.1.164.8.]
-त्सुः   an epithet of Arjuna; (Mb. thus explains the word: न कुर्यां कर्म बीभत्सं युध्यमानः कथंचन । तेन देवमनुष्येषु बीभत्सुरिति विश्रुतः ॥); तृट्परितः परिशान्तो बीभत्सुर्यमुनामगात् [Bhāg.1.58.16.]