# कालनेमी (kālanemī)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalanemi

कालनेमी (kālanemī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a son of Virocana.

- **SLP1:** `kAlanemI`  **IAST:** kālanemī  **Devanagari:** कालनेमी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanemi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalanemi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कालनेमि (kālanemi)

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- A son of Virocana.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कालनेमी (kālanemī) [Printed book page 1-363 ] Kālanemī — a son of Virocana and father of four sons. Kaṃsā's previous birth as Kālanemī sent his śūla towards Hari who vanquished him with the same implement; 2 resid- ing in Atalam (IV tala or gabhastalam). 3 Killed by Hari in Tārakāmaya, where he was a commander; rode on a chariot of elephants, used illusory powers and brahmāstram in the war; devas as prisoners of war but released by Tāraka; attacked Hari and fell dead slain by his cakra. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 67. 76; 80; Br. III. 5. 39.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. 1. 68; VIII. 10. 56; X. 51. 42; Vi. V. 1. 22, 23, 65.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. II. 20. 32; Vā. 50. 31.] [ Footnote: 4) Br. III. 72. 21; M. 148. 42-51; 150. 140-189; 154. 3; 160. 3 & 18; 176. 49; chaps. 177-78; Vā. 97. 22.] [ ID=2916 ]

## Sources

Definitions from The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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