विदैवत

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIDAIVATA   A devil. In the previous birth, this devil was a Kṣatriya King named Harihara. This King lived as a godless man in consequence of which, he was born as a devil in his next birth. [Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapter 95] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

विदैवत n.  एक पिशाच, जो पूर्वजन्म में हरिवीर नामक क्षत्रिय था । नास्तिकता के कारण, इसे पिशाचयोनि प्राप्त हुई [पद्म. पा. ९५, ९८] ।