Name of a lake
इन्द्र (indra)—द्युम्न (—dyumna) n. N. of a lake, MBh.; Hariv. [ID=29021]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
इन्द्रद्युम्नindradyumna
इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of several men, name of a lake, a royal sage, a brahman, a lake through which Pavani flows. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Lake Indradyumna, King Indradyumna (Elephant curse & Fall from Heaven), Indradyumna as a name for men.
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The Lake Indradyumna
3 definitions
a lake
Indradyumna3, a lake. § 468 (Indradyumnop.): III,
199, ††13337 (°ṃ nāma saraḥ, there king Indradyumna had
performed sacrifices, and the lake had been excavated by the
cows, which were given away to the brahmans). Cf. next.
[ID=4628]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a lake through which Pavani flows
Indradyumna saras — a lake through which Pāvani flows (Nalinī — Matsya P.). Br. II. 18. 56; M. 121. 55; Vā. 47. 54. [ID=1536]
— The Purana Index
King Indradyumna (Elephant curse & Fall from Heaven)
2 definitions
a royal sage
इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) [Printed book page 341-1]
Indradyumna1, a rājarṣi. § 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8,
Indradyumna1, a rājarṣi. § 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8,
332 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva):
III, 12, 491 (the same?, had been slain by Kṛṣṇa).—§ 468
(Indradyumnop.): III, 199, ††13332 (rājarṣiḥ), ††13336,
††13337, ††13338, ††13339, ††13342, ††13348 (having fallen
from heaven, I. regained it).—§ 469 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III,
200, 13349 (all. to § 468).—§ 474 (do.): III, 201,
13482 (do.)
[ID=4626]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
The son of Tejasa, a Pandya king devoted to Hari who was cursed by Agastya to become an elephant
इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) [Printed book page 1-194]
Indradyumna — the son of Tejasa (Taijasa-Vā. P.). A Drāviḍa and a Pāṇḍyan king. Devoted to Hari. While engaged in tapas Agastya came to his hermitage. Finding him not extending a welcome, the angry sage cursed him to become an elephant. Indradyumna considered that to be the will of the Lord. He was born as the Lord of the ele- phants, and had reminiscences of his past life;1 an account of, in the Kūrma Pūrāṇa.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VIII. 4. 7-12; Br. II. 14. 64; Vā. 33. 54; Vi. II. 1. 36.]
[Footnote: 2) M. 53. 47-8.]
[ID=1535]
Indradyumna — the son of Tejasa (Taijasa-Vā. P.). A Drāviḍa and a Pāṇḍyan king. Devoted to Hari. While engaged in tapas Agastya came to his hermitage. Finding him not extending a welcome, the angry sage cursed him to become an elephant. Indradyumna considered that to be the will of the Lord. He was born as the Lord of the ele- phants, and had reminiscences of his past life;1 an account of, in the Kūrma Pūrāṇa.2
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. VIII. 4. 7-12; Br. II. 14. 64; Vā. 33. 54; Vi. II. 1. 36.]
[Footnote: 2) M. 53. 47-8.]
[ID=1535]
— The Purana Index
Indradyumna as a name for men
1 definition
the name of several men
(H3) [Printed book page 166,3]
इन्द्र (indra)—द्युम्न (—dyumna) m. N. of several men [ID=29020]
इन्द्र (indra)—द्युम्न (—dyumna) m. N. of several men [ID=29020]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Indradyumna as a Sage or Brahman
1 definition
a brahman
Indradyumna2, a brahman. § 324 (Dvaitavanapr.): III,
26α, 985 (among the brahmans who worshipped Yudhi-
ṣṭhira).
[ID=4627]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.