हूण

{ hūṇa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

HŪṆA   A tribe. There are a number of references in the Purāṇas to the Hūṇas, who were created from the froth in the mouth of Nandinī, the cow which was in Vasiṣṭha's āśrama. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 174, Verse 18] . Nakula conquered the Hūṇas in the western regions. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 32] . The Hūṇa kings took part in the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira and made costly presents. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 24] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

हूण  m.  m. pl. N. of a barbarous people, the Huns (sg. = a king of the Huns), [Inscr.]; [Buddh.]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of a family, [Cat.]
of a people living in भारत-वर्ष, [MW.]

Shabda-Sagara

हूण  m.  ( -णः)
1. A barbarian, a Hūn.
2. A kind of gold coin current in the country of the Hūnas; also read. हून.
E. ह्वेञ् to call, नक Unādi aff.

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ह्वेञ् नक