पृथुग्रीव

{ pṛthugrīva }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PṚTHUGRĪVA   When Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa were staying in Pañcavaṭī a demoness named Śūrpaṇakhā made approaches to them and Lakṣmaṇa cut off her limbs and sent her away. Then a rākṣasa army came under the leadership of Khara, Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras and Pṛthugrīva was one of the twelve prominent soldiers of that army. [Sarga 26, Araṇya Kāṇḍa Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

पृथुग्रीव n.  खर राक्षस का एक अमात्य । इसे ‘पृथुश्याम’ नामांतर भी प्राप्त है ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पृथु—ग्रीव  m.  m. ‘broad-necked’, N. of a राक्षस, [RV.]

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