Mitraghna, aka: Mitra-ghna; 2 Definition(s)
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mitraghna (मित्रघ्न).—A demon who fought on the side of Rāvaṇa in the Rāma-Rāvaṇa battle. Śrī Rāma killed this demon. (Chapter 34, Verse 27, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopaedia
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Mitraghna (मित्रघ्न).—a. treacherous.
Mitraghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mitra and ghna (घ्न).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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| Shatrughna | Śatrughna (शत्रुघ्न).—mfn. (-ghnaḥ-ghnī-ghnaṃ) Killing a foe. m. (-ghnaḥ) The second brother of... | |
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