गुह्यक

{ guhyakḥ, guhyaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

GUHYAKA   A Yakṣa. [A division of Yakṣas who were prominent members of the court of Kubera]. They were present at the marriage of Draupadī. [Śloka 7, Chapter 186, Ādi Parva] . Other details.
(i) The palace of Kubera in the sky is borne by Guhyakas. [Śloka 3, Chapter 10, Sabhā Parva] .
(ii) Bhīmasena slew many Guhyakas on the mountain of Gandhamādana. [Śloka 55, Chapter 11, Śalya Parva] .
(iii) Some of the soldiers who died in the Mahābhārata battle went to the world of the Guhyakas. [Śloka 23, Chapter 4, Svargārohaṇa Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गुह्यक  m.  m. N. of a class of demi-gods who like the यक्षs are attendants of कुबेर (the god of wealth) and guardians of his treasures (they may have received their N. from living in mountain caverns), [Mn. xii, 47]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (identified with यक्षs, [MBh. v, 7480]; [Megh. 5 &c.])
the number ‘eleven’ [Sūryas.]
N. of कुबेर, [L.]
गुह्यक  m.  m. ‘mystery’ See तथागत-ग्°.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गुह्यकः [guhyakḥ]   1 N. of a class of demigods, who, like the Yakṣas, are attendants of Kubera and guardians of his treasures; गुह्यकस्तं ययाचे [Me.5;] [Ms.12.47.]
The number 'eleven'. -Comp.
-अधिपतिः, -ईश्वरः   an epithet of Kubera.

Shabda-Sagara

गुह्यक  m.  ( -कः) A kind of demigod attendant upon KUVERA the deity of wealth, and guardian of his treasures.
E. गुह् to preserve or conceal, affix क्वुन् and य inserted.

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गुह् क्वुन् य