# क्रोधवशा (krodhavaśā)

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क्रोधवशा (krodhavaśā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the power of anger, passionate, name of a Rakshas, name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa, mother of nine daughters born from wrath. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Krodhavaśa/Krodhavaśas (A Class of Beings/Spirits), Krodhavaśā (Mythological Female Figure), The Power of Anger.

- **SLP1:** `kroDavaSA`  **IAST:** krodhavaśā  **Devanagari:** क्रोधवशा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodhavasa
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/krodhavasha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** क्रोधवश (krodhavaśa)

## Meanings by context

### Krodhavaśa/Krodhavaśas (A Class of Beings/Spirits) (3 definitions)
- passionate  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > क्रोध (krodha) — वश (—vaśa) mfn. with गण (gaṇa) ‘passionate’, N. of several kinds of evil spirits, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=58261 ]
- passionate, and the name of several kinds of evil spirits  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > क्रोध (krodha) — वश (—vaśa) m. sg. and pl. ‘passionate’, N. of several kinds of evil spirits, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=58261.1 ]
- Name of a Rakshas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Rakṣas, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 16365; xiii, 4291 [ ID=58262 ]

### Krodhavaśā (Mythological Female Figure) (3 definitions)
- Name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 322,1] क्रोध (krodha) — वशा (—vaśā) f. N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2624; Harivaṃśa (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=58263 ]
- mother of nine daughters born from wrath  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > क्रोधवशा (krodhavaśā) [Printed book page 412-1 ] Krodhavaśā(?). § 127 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2624 (mother of nine daughters produced from wrath ( krodhasambhavāḥ)(? ), PCR. takes krodhavaśā(ḥ ) as an adjective to nārīḥ; enumera- tion of her nine daughters and their offspring). [ ID=5884 ]
- a mythological figure, daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, and mother of various serpents and supernatural beings  
  *The Purana Index*
  > क्रोधवशा (krodhavaśā) [Printed book page 1-483 ] Krodhavaśā — a daughter of Dakṣa and one of Kaśya- pa's wives, and mother of Dandaśūka and other serpents. 1 Her twelve daughters were married to Pulaha. Bhūtas, Piśācas, Kinnaras, Vānaras and others belonged to her line. 2 Some of her sons fell a prey to Bhīmasena's sword. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 26 and 28; Vā. 66. 54.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 3. 56; 7. 171, 444 and 467; 8. 72; Vi. I. 15. 125.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 6. 2 and 43; 146. 18.] [ ID=3802 ]

### The Power of Anger (1 definition)
- the power of anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 322,1] क्रोध (krodha) — वश (—vaśa) m. the power of anger, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 3949 ( cf. Manu-smṛti (Title) ii, 214 ) [ ID=58260 ]

## 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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