# हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā)

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हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a giant demon slain by Bhima, the sister of Hidimba, the wife of Hanumat, a wife of Bhima and mother of Ghatotkaca. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Rākṣasī Hiḍimbā (wife of Bhīma), Lexicographical note on Hiḍimbā (feminine form), The Rākṣasa Hiḍimba (male).

- **SLP1:** `hiqimbA`  **IAST:** hiḍimbā  **Devanagari:** हिडिम्बा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidimba
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/hidimba/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** हिडिंब (hiḍiṃba), हिडिम्ब (hiḍimba)

## Meanings by context

### The Rākṣasī Hiḍimbā (wife of Bhīma) (3 definitions)
- the sister of Hidimba  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1298,2] हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā) b f. Hiḍimba's sister (who changed herself into a beautiful woman and married Bhīma; he had a son by her named Ghaṭotkaca), Mahābhārata (Title); Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=262846 ]
- A female demon, sister of Hidimba, and mother of Ghatotkaca by Bhimasena  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā) [Printed book page 321-2 ] Hiḍimbā, a Rākṣasī, sister of Hiḍimba and by Bhīmasena, mother of Ghaṭotkaca. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 380.— § 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2255 ( prāptā H°ā Bhīmena yatra jāto Ghaṭotkacaḥ ).—§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2452 (by Bhīmasena, mother of Ghaṭotkaca).—§ 159 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3833 (do.).—§ 214 (Hiḍimbavadhap.): I, 152, 5940 (fell in love with Bhīmasena); 153, 5964, (5972), 5981, 6006; 154, 6007, (6011), 6041 ( Rākṣhasī ); 155, 6042, 6045, 6057, 6062 ( Rākṣasī ), 6081 (bore Ghaṭotkaca to Bhīmasena).—§ 317 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 12, 554 ( Rākṣasī ), 562, 570 (cf. § 214).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 176, 8010 ( parāmarṣaḥ kanyāyā H°āyāḥ kṛtaḥ purā, says Alāyudha). [ ID=4488 ]
- a wife of Bhima and mother of Ghatotkaca  
  *The Purana Index*
  > हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā) [Printed book page 3-766 ] Hiḍimbā — a wife of Bhīma and mother of Ghaṭotkaca. Bhā. IX. 22. 30-31; Vā. 99. 247; Vi. IV. 20. 45. [ ID=17365 ]

### Lexicographical note on Hiḍimbā (feminine form) (1 definition)
- See below.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1298,2] हिडिम्बा (hiḍimbā) a ( आ (ā) ), f. See below. [ ID=262840 ]

### The Rākṣasa Hiḍimba (male) (1 definition)
- The name of a giant demon slain by Bhima  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1298,2] हिडिम्ब (hiḍimba) m. N. of a gigantic Rākṣasa slain by Bhīma, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=262839 ]

### Wife of Hanumat (1 definition)
- the wife of Hanumat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the wife of Hanumat (see comp. ) [ ID=262847 ]

## Sources

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

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