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दन्दशूक

   { dandaśūkḥ, dandaśūka }
Script: Devanagari

दन्दशूक

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
DANDAŚŪKA   A hell. see the para Naraka under Kāla.

दन्दशूक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
दन्दशूक  mfn. mfn., iii, 2, 166 mordacious, [VS.] ; [TS.] ; [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.]
   malignant, v, 1245; iii, 8">[Car. iii, 8]
दन्दशूक  m. m. a snake, iii, 197">[Yājñ. iii, 197] ; [MBh. xiv] ; iv-vii">[BhP. iv-vii]
   N. of a hell infested by serpents, v, 26
   of a राक्षस, [L.]

दन्दशूक

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
दन्दशूकः [dandaśūkḥ]   a [दंश्-यङ्-ऊक]
   biting, venomous. उवाचो- पायं नितरां दन्दशूकाः प्रमादिनः । सर्पसत्रे प्रयास्यन्ति तीक्ष्णा विषधराः क्षयम्[Bm.1.163-4.]
   mischievous, malignant; [Mb. 5.35.64.]
   कः A serpent, snake; [Bhāg.5.26.33.]
   A reptile in general.
   A demon, Rākṣasa; इषु- मति रघुसिंहे दन्दशूकाञ्जिघांसौ [Bk.1.26.]

दन्दशूक

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
दन्दशूक  mfn.  (-कः-का-कं) mischievous, malignant, venomous.
  m.  (-कः)
   1. A snake or serpent.
   2. A Rakshasa, a demon or goblin.
   E. दश to bite, affix ऊक, the radical reiterated, and नुक् inserted.
ROOTS:
दश ऊक नुक्

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