Vayuvahana, Vāyuvāhana, Vayu-vahana: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāyuvāhana (वायुवाहन).—
1) Name of Viṣṇu.
2) of Śiva.
Derivable forms: vāyuvāhanaḥ (वायुवाहनः).
Vāyuvāhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāyu and vāhana (वाहन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vāyuvāhana (वायुवाहन):—[=vāyu-vāhana] [from vāyu] m. ‘id.’, Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 43 - Establishment of Bhaṭṭāditya < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]