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कालयवनkālayavana

कालयवन (kālayavana) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a prince of the Yavanas, a tyrannical Asura and foe of Krishna, an island, an Asura, the name of a dvipa. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Mythological Antagonist of Krishna, Name of a Dvīpa/Geographical Region.

Etymology
E. काल black, यवन a Yavana
Definitions
9
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Meanings by context

Mythological Antagonist of Krishna

7 definitions
the name of a prince of the Yavanas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a tyrannical Asura and foe of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An Asura and enemy of Krishna, destroyed by him through stratagem.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Asura

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Asura and enemy of Krishna, destroyed by him through stratagem.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a prince

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the son of Yavaneshvara, black in colour and hard-hearted, who attacked the Yadavas and was eventually burnt to ashes by Mucukunda

— The Purana Index

Name of a Dvīpa/Geographical Region

2 definitions
an island

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a dvipa

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.