कुबेरkubera

कुबेर (kubera) is a Sanskrit word meaning a chief of evil beings or spirits of darkness, the god of wealth, the chief of the Yakshas and a friend of Rudra, name of a prince of Devarashtra, the great-grandfather of Bana-bhatta, of the author of the Datta-candrika. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Deity of Wealth and Regent of the North, Personal Name of Individuals, Adjective: Deformed, Monstrous, Slow, Lazy.

Definitions: 21

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Meanings by context

Deity of Wealth and Regent of the North

13 definitions

1. A chief of evil beings or spirits of darkness. 2. The god of wealth.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the god of riches and treasure and regent of the northern quarter

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the chief of the Yakshas and a friend of Rudra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The god of wealth and guardian of the North

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The deity Kuvera

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Hindu god of wealth

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The god of riches and regent of the northern quarter.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Hindu god of wealth

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the god of wealth and regent of the north

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The god of riches and treasure, and regent of the northern quarter. 2. The chief of the evil beings or spirits of darkness. 3. The tree Cedrela Toona. 4. Deformed, monstrous, slow, or lazy.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

the lord of riches, regent of the northern quarter, and king of the Guhyakas, Rakshasas, and Yakshas

कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 431-1]
Kubera, the lord of riches, regent of the northern quarter,

king of the Guhyakas, Rākṣasas, and Yakṣas, husband of

Ṛddhi (Bhadrā). § 155 (Śakuntalop.): I, 74, 3072 (°sya,

sc. bhavanaṃ).—§ 185 (Pāṇḍu): I, 120, 4650 (udyānāni

K°sya, in the north).—§ 221 (Caitrarathap.): I, 170, 6448

(°sya priyaḥ sakhā, i.e. the Gandharva Citraratha).—§ 238

(Pañcendrop.): I, 197, 7277.—[§ 258 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.):

I, 227, 8264 (in the encounter between the gods and

Arjuna + Kṛṣṇa, Vaiśravaṇa, i.e. K., hurled his mace against

Kṛṣṇa).]—§ 265 (Lokapālasabhākhyānap.): II, 6, 281.—

§ 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 382 (°sya sabhāṃ).—[§ 269

(Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10 (description of the palace of K.,

Bhava, i.e. Śiva made friendship with Paulastya, i.e. K.

(v. 417)).]—§ 298 (Dyūtap.): II, 58, 1994 (°bhavanopamaṃ,

sc. the palace (rājagṛha) of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 329 (Kāmyaka-

vanapr.): III, 36, 1442 (will give weapons to Arjuna).—

§ 334 (Kairātap.): III, 41, 1671 (Yakṣair anugataḥ, came

to see Arjuna), [1697 (Dhanādhyakṣaḥ, gave his weapon

Antardhāna to Arjuna)].—§ 356 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 80,

3095 (°ena yathā hīnaṃ vanaṃ Caitrarathaṃ yathā).—§ 377

(Dhaumyatīrthayātrāp.): III, 89, 8358 (jajñe Dhanapatir

yatra—i.e. on the Narmadā—Kubero Naravāhanaḥ).—§ 378

(Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 91, 8419 (Arjuna had obtained weapons

from K.).—§ 418c (Mandara): III, 139, 10824 (Yakṣarāṭ,

on Mandara).—§ 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, 10829

(°sacivāḥ…Rākṣasāḥ).—§ 418d (Kailāsa): III, 139,

10831 (°sadanaṃ, on Kailāsa).—§ 420 (Gandhamādanapr.):

III, 141, 10894 (°nalinīṃ ramyāṃ Rākṣasair abhisevitāṃ).—

§ 432 (Saugandhikāharaṇap.): III, 153, 11352 (°nalinīṃ

…K°bhavanābhyāse jātāṃ parvatanirjhare), 11358 (ākrīḍaṃ

Rājarājasya K°sya); 154, 11370 (ākrīḍo 'yaṃ K°sya),

11378 (bhavanaṃ K°sya, Bhīmasena slew many of the

Krodhavaśas, the rest fled to the abode of K.).—§ 433 (do.):

III, 155, 11416 (°sya nalinyāḥ), 11428 (the Pāṇḍavas lived

for some time at the lotus-tank of K., with the permission of

K.).—[§ 434e (do.): III, 156, 11441 (Vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ,

inhabited by Siddhas).]—§ 438 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 161,

11747 (°sadanaṃ), 11753 (do.), 11769 (Yakṣarakṣogaṇavṛtaṃ),

11770, 11780 (Bhīmasena slew the Yakṣas).—[§ 438c

(Agastya): III, 161 (K. had been cursed by Agastya, but

was freed by Bhīmasena).]—§ 438 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III,

162, 11830, 11836 (°sadanaṃ prati, the Pāṇḍavas lived there

for some time).—§ 443 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 168,

12004 (Naravāhanaḥ, repetition of § 334).—§ 448 (Ājagarap.):

III, 176, †12328.—§ 449 (do.): III, 177, †12340 (Kailāsaṃ

…K°kāntaṃ), †12347 (°kāntāṃ nalinīṃ; c: frequented

by gods and Siddhas).—§ 512 (Ghoṣayātrāp.): III, 240,

14869 (Citrasena came from K°bhavanāt).—[§ 525 (Rāmo-

pākhyānap.): III, 274, 15883 foll. (Vaiśravaṇaḥ, son of

Pulastya and a cow; he deserted his father, who then assumed

the form of Viśravas. Brahmán made K. a god, Dhaneśa

(“lord of wealth”) and one of the Lokapālas, and he

obtained the friendship of Śiva, a son named Nalakūbara, the

vimāna Puṣpaka, the sovereignty of the Yakṣas, and the

state of Rājarāja).]—§ 526 (do.): III, 275, 15890 (Rākṣa-

seśvaraḥ, resided in Laṅkā); [276 (Rāvaṇa conquered

Laṅkā and the vimāna of K. (Puṣpaka); K. repaired to the

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Gandhamādana)].—§ 541 (Indrajidvadha): III, 289, 16474

(a Guhyaka came to Vibhīṣaṇa from K. from the mountain

Śveta).—[§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣekap.): III, 291, 16600

(Vaiśravaṇāya, having vanquished and slain Rāvaṇa, Rāma

returned the vimāna Puṣpaka to K.).]—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.):

IV, 56ζ, 1770 (came to see the encounter).—§ 555 (Indra-

vijaya): V, 16, †511 (Lokapālaḥ), †515, 518 (g: Indra

bestowed the sovereignty of the Yakṣas and all the wealth

of the world on K.); 18, 545.—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.):

V, 29, †824 (Vaiśravaṇaḥ).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 64,

2473 (madhupītakamākṣikaṃ…K°dayitaṃ).—§ 569

(Bhagavadyānap.): V, 139, 4718 (°sadanaṃ prāpya, sc. the

Pāṇḍavas, all. to §§ 433 or 438).—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.):

V, 156, 5289 (°a iva Yakṣāṇāṃ, sc. senāpatiḥ).—§ 571

(Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V, 162, 5604.—§ 573 (Ambopākhyā-

nap.): V, 192, 7519 (Naravāhanaḥ, cursed Sthūṇa).—

§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6, 217 (enjoys only the fourth

part of all wealth).—§ 574e (Gandhamādana): VI, 6,

229 (Guhyakādhipaḥ, together with the Rākṣasas on

Gandhamādana).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 50, 2039

(gadādharaḥ).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 6, 159 (°a iva

Yakṣāṇāṃ, sc. senāpatiḥ).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarāj., v. Rantideva):

VII, 67, 2370 (°sadaneṣv api).—§ 595 (Sṛñjaya):

VII, 71, 2459 (°tanayopamaḥ, sc. the son of Sṛñjaya).

—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 76δ, 2691; 80, 2846 (°sya

vihāre ca nalinīṃ padmabhūṣitāṃ, passed by Kṛṣṇa

and Arjuna on their way to the abode of Śiva).—§ 600

(Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 180δδ, 8194.—§ 607 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 37, †1737 (Yama-Varuṇa-K°-Vāsavā vā yadi).—§ 608

(do.): VIII, 92, †4831 (°-Vaivasvata-Vāsavānāṃ tulyapra-

bhāvāḥ).—§ 615x (Baladevatīrthayātrā): In days of yore,

Kubera, the chief of the Yakṣas, practised austerities there

(i.e. in Kaubera-tīrtha) and obtained many boons: the lordship

of all treasures, the friendship of Rudra, the state of a god

(suratvaṃ), the state of a Lokapāla, and a son, Nalakūbara.

The Maruts installed him. He also obtained a celestial

chariot, fleet as thought, yoked with haṃsas, the vimāna

Puṣpaka, and the lordship of the Nairṛtas (i.e. Rākṣasas):

IX, 47, 2756 (Yakṣarājñā).—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 5ζ,

141 (Arjuna had obtained weapons from K.).—§ 637 (do.):

XII, 44, 1525 (°bhavanaprakhyaṃ, sc. the palace of

Durmarṣaṇa).—§ 641 (do.): XII, 67, 2521 (°a iva

Nairṛtān, sc. sukhe dhāsyati); [74, (discourse with

Mucukunda, who had vanquished his troops)]; 122, 4496

(dhanānāṃ Rākṣasānāñ ca K°m api ceśvaraṃ).—§ 647b

(Brahmadatta-Pūjanīsaṃv.): XII, 139, 5239 (°a iva kāmadaḥ).

—§ 730g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14, 912 (sarvayakṣāṇāṃ,

sc. Śiva).—[§ 731b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19 (visited

by Aṣṭāvakra).]—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 61, 3101

(°m iva Rakṣāṃsi).—§ 778f (Muñjavat): XIV, 8, 183, 186

(°ānucaraiḥ), 190 (°sya sahāyaiḥ), 191.—§ 782g (Guruśiṣya-

saṃv.): XIV, 43θ, 1180 (sarvaratnānāṃ rājā).—§ 785

(Anugītāp.): XIV, 65, 1918 (Yakṣendrāya).—§ 787

(Āśramavāsap.): XV, 20, 570 (after death Dhṛtarāṣṭra

will go to K°bhavanaṃ).—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII,

5, 175 (°sya bhavanaṃ).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Alakādhipa, q.v.

Dhanada (“wealth-giving”): II, 395, 401, 405, 415,

466, 986, 1011 (uttarāṃ diśaṃ…Dh°pālitāṃ); III, 11287

(°odyānaṃ), 11322, 11445, 11656, 11666, 11773, 11803,

11829, 11888, †12364; V, 3570, 3831 (on the mountain

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Kailāsa), 3899, 7532; VII, 1223, 9628; VIII, †678

(°endrakalpau), †3392 (°sya lakṣmyā, sc. tulyaḥ); IX, 2657

(ṛddhyā Dh°opamāḥ, sc. mātaraḥ); XII, 1528 (Kailāsaṃ

Dh°o yathā, sc. labdhvā), (2816), 10052 (Viṣṇu identified

with Dh.), 10666 (Yakṣarakṣodhipaḥ), 10668; XIII,

1396(?), 1412 (Mandākinīñ ca nalinīṃ Dh°sya), 1422, 1441.

Dhanadeśvara (“wealth-giving lord”): II, 410

(C. by error Da°).

Dhanādhigoptṛ (“guardian of treasures”): V, 7521.

Dhanādhipa (“lord of treasures”): III, 11766, 11776,

11779; XIII, 1432.

Dhanādhipati (do.): III, 11768, 11837, 11838; IX,

2757.

Dhanādhyakṣa (“overseer of treasures”): I, 6837,

7581 (Kauravasya niveśanaṃ Dh°kṣayopamaṃ); III, 1697,

11831, 16177; X, 498 (°opamaṃ); XIV, 1923.

Dhanānām īśvaraḥ (“lord of treasures”): I, 408,

409, 414; II, 1672.

Dhanapati (do.): I, 7853 (iṣṭā Dh°eḥ, sc. Vargā);

II, 417 (°eḥ sakhā, i.e. Śiva), 481, 991 (diśaṃ Dh°eḥ); III,

8358 (K°); V, 3898(?); VIII, 1998 (sagadāt…api);

XII, 10667.

Dhaneśa (do.): III, 14546, 15886 (°tvaṃ); VII, 2522;

XVIII, 160 (°sya lokān).

Dhaneśvara (do.): I, †7010, 8264 (hurled his mace

against Kṛṣṇa); II, 407, 417, 418; III, 770 (devagaṇāḥ

…saha-Dh°āḥ), 10224, 11372, 11375, 11392, 11394,

11722, 11757, 11761, 11772, 11775, (11792), 11799, 11933

(°gṛha°), †15590, 15920, 15925, 16189; IV, 2281 (°am ivā-

marāḥ); V, 545 (K°), 3968 (reme…yathā carddhyāṃ

Dh°aḥ), 7481 (°syānucaraḥ, sc. Sthūṇa); VI, 4902 (sagadaḥ);

VII, 1844 (°sutopamaṃ, sc. Abhimanyu), 5464 (iva); XII,

2819, 7552 (Nidhipaṃ); XIII, 1059 (Śiva identified with

Dh.), 1431, 7117 (°sya guravaḥ saptaite uttarāśritāḥ, sc. Atri,

etc.), 7637 (saharddhyā ca Dh° aḥ).

Draviṇapati (“lord of wealth”): III, 11702 (°eḥ

puraṃ).

Gadādhara (“bearing a mace”): VI, 2039.

Guhyakādhipa, Guhyakādhipati, q.v.

Kailāsanilaya (“having his abode on the Kailāsa”):

II, 275; III, 1697; XII, 10216.

Naravāhana (“borne by men”): III, 8358 (K°),

11653, 11781, 12004 (K°), 14546 (rides on Puṣpaka),

15902 (Vaiśravaṇaṃ); V, 7519 (K°); XII, 2240 (Yakṣa-

Rākṣasabhartā).

Nidhipa (“guardian of treasures”): XII, 7552.

Paulastya, Rājarāja, Rājarājan, Rākṣasā-

dhipati, Rākṣaseśvara, q.v.

Vaiśravaṇa (“son of Viśravas”): I, †164, 468

(samāgamaḥ Pāṇḍavānāṃ yatra V°ena ca), †2100 (yajñas tathā

V°sya rājñaḥ, comparison), 7352 (yathā V°e Bhadrā…

bhava bhartṛṣu, says Kuntī to Draupadī); II, 384 (had

obtained his sabhā by means of tapas), 690 (°opamaḥ, sc. the

Māgadha king Bṛhadratha); III, 481 (Kṛṣṇa identified with

V.), 2554 (yathā Yakṣādhipaḥ…V°ḥ), 11359, 11378

(K°), 11441 (°āvāsaṃ), 11442 (°āśramāt), 11653, 11655,

11665, 11697 (°āvāsaṃ), 11720 (sakhā V°sya, i.e. the

Rākṣasa Maṇimat), 11722 (°āvāsaṃ), 11754 (°ālayaṃ),

11845 (Indra-V°au), 11846 (°sya…sadma, sc. the

mountain Mandara), 11901 (°sya, sc. astraṃ, obtained by

Arjuna), †12319, †12332 (°ādhivāsaṃ), 12954 (Nārāyaṇa

identifies himself with V.), 15883, 15885, 15886, 15889,

15902 (Naravāhanaṃ), 15922, 16600; IV, 363 (pradadau

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vittaṃ bahu…yathā V°ḥ), 1433, 2274 (dhanaiḥ sañcayaiḥ

Śakra-V°opamaḥ, sc. Yudhiṣṭhira); V, †824 (K°), 4467—8

(gave the earth to Mucukunda), 5381, 7535, 7542; VI, 236

(together with the Guhyakas on Kailāsa), 4703 (ṛddhyā V°ñ

cāti), 5741 (diśaṃ V°ākrāntāṃ, i.e. the north); VII, 346

(Yama-V°āditya-Mahendra-Varuṇopamaṃ, sc. Uttamaujas),

991 (Yama-V°opamāḥ), 2417 (when the puṇyajanāḥ milked

the earth, V. acted as their milker), 3676, 9535 (yasya—i.e.

Śiva's—V°aḥ sakhā); VIII, 241 (rājñāṃ V°o varaḥ), 1782

(yathā), †3498 (V°āntakopamaḥ, sc. Bhīmasena), 4421 (sided

with Arjuna in the encounter between Arjuna and Karṇa);

IX, 3106 (°sya…sadṛśau, sc. Duryodhana and Bhīmasena);

XII, 440 (among those who are slaughterers), 2064 (Yama-

V°opamaḥ), 2576, 2581, 2810 (Mucukundasya, saṃvādaṃ

rājño V°sya ca), 2812 (rājā), 2815 (do.), 2823, 2827, 5236,

5831, 10216 (°o rājā Guhyakair abhisaṃvṛtaḥ Yakṣāṇām

īśvaraḥ śrīmān Kailāsanilayaḥ prabhuḥ); XIII, 1415 (rājā),

1417, 1428 (rājā), 1431, 2803 (yathā), †4860 (Mandākinī

V°sya rājñaḥ), 6750 (Ṛddhir V°sya, sc. sādhvī); XIV,

2051 (°syeva nivāsaḥ), 2676 (yathā); XV, 334 (do.).

Vittagoptṛ (“guardian of wealth”): VIII, †4661.

Vittānāṃ patiḥ (“lord of riches”): VIII, 1485

(Surāmbupretavittānāṃ patīn).

Vittapati (do.): VII, 8444.

Vitteśa (do.): VI, 1227 (°o Yakṣa-Rakṣasāṃ, sc. asmi,

says Kṛṣṇa); VII, 37 (Pitṛ-Vittāmbudśveśān); XIV, †289

(iva).

Yakṣādhipa, Yakṣādhipati, Yakṣapati,

Yakṣapravara, Yakṣarāj, Yakṣarāja,

Yakṣarājan, Yakṣa-Rākṣasabhartṛ,

Yakṣarakṣodhipa, q.v.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The god of wealth and lord of the Yakshas

— The Purana Index

the guardian of the north

— The Purana Index

Personal Name of Individuals

3 definitions

name of a prince of Devarashtra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the great-grandfather of Bana-bhatta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of the author of the Datta-candrika

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Adjective: Deformed, Monstrous, Slow, Lazy

2 definitions

deformed or monstrous

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

slow, lazy

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Associated Place or Group Names

2 definitions

in the Pisachaka hill

— The Purana Index

a region of Ketumala

— The Purana Index

Name of a Tree (Cedrela Toona)

1 definition

the tree Cedrela Toona

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.