Gotrabhid: 8 definitions
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Gotrabhid means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaGotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्) refers to an epithet of Indra, and is mentioned in the Vāmanapurāṇa (chapter 71.42). The word Gotraśatru or Gotrabhid is usually construed as “the enemy (or cleaver) of gotras or mountains” the reference being to the story that Indra cut off the wings of the mountains. There is another derivation which suits the context better. Indra was really the enemy of his own gotra or family, for he killed a child of his stepmother Diti while still in the womb. Vāmanapurāṇa (chapter 71.42), while explaining why Indra is called Gotrabhid, relates that Diti, the mother of the demons, had in her womb a child destined to kill Indra, who, however, got scent o it and cut the embryo into seven pieces by entering Diti’s womb through the nostrils.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्).—m. (-bhid- or bhit) A name of Indra. E. gotra a mountain, and bhid who splits, (with his thunderbolt.) gotraṃ parvataṃ meghaṃ vā bhinatti . bhid-kvip .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्).—[gotra + bhid], m. A name of Indra, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 80 (at the same time: Destroyer of names).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्).—[adjective] opening the cow-shed or destroying families. [masculine] [Epithet] of Indra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्):—[=go-tra-bhid] [from go-tra > go] mfn. opening the cow-pens of the sky (‘splitting the clouds or mountains’ [Sāyaṇa]; said of Indra and Bṛhaspati’s vehicle), [Ṛg-veda ii, 23, 3; vi, 17, 2 and x, 103, 6; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xx, 38]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘splitting the mountains (with his thunderbolt cf. adri-bhid)’, Indra, [Raghuvaṃśa; Kumāra-sambhava ii, 52]
3) [v.s. ...] ‘Indra’ and ‘destroyer of families’ [Rājataraṅgiṇī i, 92]
4) [v.s. ...] ‘Indra’ and ‘destroyer of names’ [Śiśupāla-vadha ix, 80]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGotrabhid (गोत्रभिद्):—[gotra-bhid] (d) 5. m. A name of Indra.
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Starts with: Gotrabhidhayam.
Full-text: Godari, Govinda, Gotrashatru, Akhandala.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 43 - King Divodāsa’s Valour < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 18: The funeral ceremonies < [Chapter VI]