Vartraghna, Vārtraghna: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārtraghna (वार्त्रघ्न).—Name of Arjuna; अथ भूतानि वार्त्रघ्नशरेभ्यस्तत्र तत्रसुः (atha bhūtāni vārtraghnaśarebhyastatra tatrasuḥ) Kirātārjunīya 15.1.

Derivable forms: vārtraghnaḥ (वार्त्रघ्नः).

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

Vārtraghna (वार्त्रघ्न).—i. e. vṛtraghna + a, patronym., m. (a son of Indra), Arjuna, [Kirātārjunīya] 15, 1.

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

Vārtraghna (वार्त्रघ्न).—[feminine] ī relating to the Vṛtra-slayer, [with] havis [neuter] offering of victory; [masculine] [Epithet] of Arjuna (Indra's son).

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

1) Vārtraghna (वार्त्रघ्न):—[=vārtra-ghna] [from vārtra] mf(ī)n. (vārtra-) ([from] -vṛtra-han) relating or belonging to the slayer of Vṛtra id est. Indra (n. with havis, an oblation for victory), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] containing the word vṛtra-han [gana] vimuktādi

3) [v.s. ...] m. [patronymic] of Arjuna (as son of Indra), [Kirātārjunīya]

4) [v.s. ...] n. (with indrasya) Name of Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]

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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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