प्रघसा

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRAGHASĀ I   A rākṣasī (demoness). She was one among the several leading demonesses who sat around Sītā in Laṅkā to coax her into accepting Rāvaṇa as her husband. An ill-tempered woman, this demoness tried several methods to win Sītā to the side of Rāvaṇa. [Sarga 23, Sundara Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] .
PRAGHASĀ II   A female follower of Subrahmaṇya. [Śloka 16, Chapter 46, Śalya Parva]

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

प्रघसा n.  एक राक्षसी, अशोकवन में सीता के रक्षणार्थ नियुक्त की गयी थी [वा.रा.सुं.२४.४१] ।
प्रघसा II. n.  स्कंद की अनुचरी मातृका [म.श.४५.१६] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-घसा  f.  f. N. of one of the मातृs attending on स्कन्द, [MBh.]

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