# दन्तवक्र (dantavakra)

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दन्तवक्र (dantavakra) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a Karusha prince, a king.

- **SLP1:** `dantavakra`  **IAST:** dantavakra  **Devanagari:** दन्तवक्र
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantavakra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dantavakra/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- Name of a Karusha prince  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 468,3] दन्त (danta) — वक्र (vakra) (—vakra) m. N. of a Karūṣa prince (also called वक्र (vakra) दन्त (danta) (vakradanta) and वक्र (vakra); described as a Dānava or Asura), Mahābhārata (Title) i f.; Hariv.; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) iv, 14, 11; v, 26, 7; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iii, vii, ix; Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) ii, 34, 145; BrahmaP.; Kām. [ ID=90119 ]
- a king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > दन्तवक्र (dantavakra) [Printed book page 234-1 ] Dantavakra, a king. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2698 (so B.; C. has °vaktra, incarnation of the Dānava Durjaya?).— § 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 577 ( Karūṣaḥ?, among the princes who wait upon Jarāsandha).—§ 281 (Sahadeva): II, 31, 1107 ( Adhirājādhipaṃ?, vanquished by Sahadeva on his digvijaya).—§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44, 1537.— § 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4 γ, 79. [ ID=3133 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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