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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Viḍbhuj (विड्भुज्) refers to “(those animals who are) eating dung”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] She who forsakes her husband and secretly violates her fidelity is born as a she-owl of cruel nature wasting its days in the hollow of a tree. If she desires to beat her husband in retaliation, she becomes a tiger or a wild cat. She who ogles at another man becomes squint-eyed. She who partakes of sweet dish denying the same to her husband becomes a pig in the village or a wild goat eating its own dung (sva-viḍbhuj). [...]”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Viḍbhuj (विड्भुज्).—mfn. (-bhuk) Feeding on ordure. E. viṣ and bhuj who eats.

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

Viḍbhuj (विड्भुज्).—[adjective] feeding on ordure.

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

1) Viḍbhuj (विड्भुज्):—[=viḍ-bhuj] [from viḍ > viṣ] mfn. feeding on ordure, [Manu-smṛti xii, 56]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a dung-beetle or a similar insect, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Viḍbhuj (विड्भुज्):—[viḍ-bhuj] (k) a. Feeding on ordure.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidbhuj in German

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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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Partial matches: Vish, Vid, Bhuj.

Starts with: Vidbhuja.

Ends with: Svavidbhuj.

Full-text: Vidbhojin, Vish.

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