कौणप

{ kauṇapḥ, kauṇapa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KAUṆAPA   A serpent born in the family of Vāsuki. This serpent was burnt to death in the Sarpa Sattra (sacrificial fire to kill serpents) of Janamejaya. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Stanza 6] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कौणप n.  एक सर्प [म.आ.५२.५] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कौणप  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. कु॑ण्°,), coming from corpses, [Bālar.]
कौणप  m.  m. ‘feeding upon corpses’, a राक्षस or goblin, [MBh. i, 6450]; [Śak.] ( v.l.), [BhP. x, 12, 29]
N. of a नाग (these beings are supposed to eat human flesh), [MBh. i, 2147.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कौणपः [kauṇapḥ]   A goblin, demon; [Mb.1.17.15;] [Māl.5.] साहसी शोणतनयः कोपी कोणपविक्रमः [Śiva. B.22.48.] -Comp.
-दन्तः   an epithet of Bhīṣma.

Shabda-Sagara

कौणप  m.  ( -पः) A Rakshasa or goblin.
E. कुणप a corpse, and अण affix; these beings are supposed to eat human flesh.

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कुणप अण