पुण्यजन

{ puṇyajana }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PUṆYAJANA   A rākṣasa. Raivata, king of Kuśasthalī, born of the race of Śaryāti, went to see Brahmā. Taking advantage of his absence from the place Puṇyajana took control over Kuśasthalī. Afraid of the demon all the hundred brothers of Raivata left the country. After some time the Śaryāti dynasty merged with that of Hehaya. [Chapter 2, Aṁśa 4, Viṣṇu Purāṇa] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : यक्ष

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

पुण्यजन n.  एक राक्षस । कुशस्थली (द्वारिका) का शर्यातवंशीय राजा ककुद्मिन् रैवत जब ब्रह्माजी से मिलने गया था, तब उसकी अनुपस्थिति में इसने उसके राज्य पर अधिकार जमा लिया । इसके भय से त्रस्त होकर, रैवत के सौ भाई राज्य से भाग कर इधर उधर चले गये । आगे चलकर शर्यातवंश हैहयवंश में विलीन हो गया [विष्णु.४.२.१-२] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पुण्य—जन  m.  m. a good or honest man, [L.]

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पुण्य जन

( pl.) good people ( N. of a class of supernatural beings, [AV.] &c. &c.; in later times N. of the यक्षs and of a partic. class of राक्षसs, [Kāv.]; [Pur.])

Shabda-Sagara

पुण्यजन  m.  ( -नः)
1. A fiend, a goblin, a Rākshasa.
2. A Yaksha, a divine being attendant on KUVERA, the god of wealth.
3. A pious or virtuous man.
E. पुण्य virtuous, and जन man, ङीष् added.

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पुण्य जन ङीष्