Kalayavana, Kālayavana, Kala-yavana, Kalaya-vana: 9 definitions

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Kalayavana in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Kālayavana (कालयवन).—A powerful Asura born out of the effulgence of Gargācārya. He was killed by Śri Kṛṣṇa. (See under Kṛṣṇa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kālayavana (कालयवन).—The son of Yavaneśvara, black in colour and hard-hearted; after crowning him king, his father retired to the woods; full of prowess he asked Nārada of some powerful heroes and being told about Yādavas he directed himself towards them with a big army of Mlecchas; Kṛṣṇa met him unarmed and was pursued; seeing him entering a cave where Mucukunda was sleeping, Kāla entered and thinking Mucukunda to be Kṛṣṇa kicked him; on Mucukunda waking up and looking at Kālanemi he was burnt to ashes as there was a vow that he who would awake Mucukunda would meet with such an end.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 50. 44-9; 51. 1-12; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 23. 5-8 and 17-23.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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[«previous next»] — Kalayavana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kālayavana (कालयवन).—a kind of yavanas and enemy of Kṛṣṇa and an invincible foe of the Yādavas. Kṛṣṇa, finding it impossible to vanquish him on the field of battle, cunningly decoyed him to the cave where Muchakunda was sleeping who burnt him down.

Derivable forms: kālayavanaḥ (कालयवनः).

Kālayavana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and yavana (यवन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālayavana (कालयवन).—m.

(-naḥ) An Asura, an enemy of Krishna, destroyed by him by stratagem. E. kāla black, yavan a Yavana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālayavana (कालयवन).—m. the name of a prince of the Yavanas, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 1961.

Kālayavana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and yavana (यवन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kālayavana (कालयवन):—[=kāla-yavana] [from kāla] m. Name of a prince of the Yavanas, [Harivaṃśa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] of a tyrannical Asura (the foe of Kṛṣṇa, destroyed by him by a stratagem), [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Dvīpa, [Daśakumāra-carita]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālayavana (कालयवन):—[kāla-yavana] (naḥ) 1. m. An Asura.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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