महेन्द्र

{ mahendra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

One of the holy mountains. This mountain has great Purāṇic importance.
(1) After slaughtering the Kṣatriyas to extinction sage Paraśurāma made Mahendra his place of abode. [Śloka 53, Chapter 129, Ādi Parva] .
(2) Once Arjuna visited the mountain Mahendra. [Śloka 13, Chapter 214, Ādi Parva] .
(3) The presiding deity of this mountain sits in the court of Kubera worshipping him. [Śloka 30, Chapter 10, Sabhā Parva] .
(4) If one bathes in the pond of Rāmatīrtha on the top of this mountain one would get the benefit of performing an Aśvamedhayāga. [Śloka 16, Chapter 85, Vana Parva] .
(5) Brahmā once went to this mountain and conducted a yāga there. [Śloka 22, Chapter 87, Vana Parva] .
(6) Yudhiṣṭhira during his pilgrimage visited this mountain. [Śloka 30, Chapter 114, Vana Parva] .
(7) Paraśurāma gave a darśana (Interview) to Yudhiṣṭhira on a Caturdaśī day on this mountain. [Śloka 16, Chapter 117, Vana Parva] .
(8) Hanūmān when he was going in search of Sītā visited this mountain also along with the other monkeys. [Sundara Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] .
MAHENDRA I   Father of the princess Pāṭalī. (See under Pāṭalīputra).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : विष्णु, इंद्र, महेंद्राचल

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : विष्णु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

महेन्द्र  m.  a m. the great इन्द्र, [AV.] &c. &c. (also applied to विष्णु [ [R.]] and शिव [ [Śivag.]])
a partic. star, [VP.]
सर्व-देवानाम्   a great chief or leader (), [Nal.]

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सर्व देवानाम्

a partic. high number, [Buddh.]
N. of a younger brother (or son) of अशोक (who carried the Buddhist doctrine into Ceylon), [MWB. 59]
of another prince (= कुमार-गुप्त), [Inscr.]
of a poet, [Cat.]
आचार्य   of various other writers and teachers (also with and सूरि), ib.
of a mountain or range of m° (said to be one of the 7 principal chains in India, and sometimes identified with the northern parts of the Ghats), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
of a Place, [MW.]
महेन्द्र    b &c. See p. 802, col. 1.

Shabda-Sagara

महेन्द्र  m.  ( -न्द्रः) INDRA, the ruler of Swarga.
2. A range of mountains, one of the seven principal chains in Bhārata-Barsha or India, and apparently the northern part of the Ghāts of the peninsula.
E. महा chief, great, इन्द्र the deity.

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महा इन्द्र