पुष्पदन्त

{ puṣpadanta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

    one of the attendants of Śiva. due to a curse Puṣpadanta was born on earth as Vararuci. ( see under Vararuci). there was another curse also on him. ( see under Jambukeśvara).
PUṢPADANTA I    one of the Aṣṭadiggajas. (The eight elephants of the quarters).
PUṢPADANTA II    one of the three soldiers given to Subrahmaṇya by Pārvatī. The other two were Unmāda and Śaṅkukarṇa. [Śloka 51, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : पुष्पदंत, पुष्पदंत, पुष्पदंत

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पुष्प—दन्त  m.  m. ‘ f°- toothed’, also title or epithet).">N. of शिव, [R.]

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   of an attendant of शिव, [MBh.]
   of an attendant of विष्णु, [BhP.]
-क   ( also ) of a गन्धर्व ( author of the महिम्नः स्तवः), [Cat.]

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   of a विद्या- धर, [L.]
   of a serpent- demon, [L.]
   (with जैनs) of the 9th अर्हत् of present अवसर्पिणी
   of a partic. being, [Hcat.]
   of the elephant of the north- west quarter, ib.
   of the mountain शत्रुं- जय, [Śatr.]
   ( du.) sun and moon, ib.
पुष्प—दन्त  n.  n. also title or epithet).">N. of a temple, [Kathās.]

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   of a palace, [Buddh.]
   of a gate, [Hariv.]

Shabda-Sagara

पुष्पदन्त  m.  ( -न्तः)
   1. The elephant presiding over the north- west quarter. 2. A chief of the Gandharbas or Vidyādharas, attendant upons ŚIVA, to whom is ascribed the authorship of the “Mahimna Stotra”.
   3. one of the Jinas or Jaina teachers.
   4. A Nāga or ser- pent of the infernal regions. m. dual. ( -न्तौ) The sun and moon.
    E. पुष्प flower, and दन्त a tooth.

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