# कुबेर (kubera)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `kubera`  **IAST:** kubera  **Devanagari:** कुबेर
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubera
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kubera/declensions.md

## 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)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 291,3] कुबेर (kubera) m. or in later Sanskṛt कुवेर (kuvera) (originally) N. of a chief of the evil beings or spirits or darkness having the N. Vaiśravaṇa, Atharva-veda (Title) viii, 10, 28; ŚBr. &c. [ ID=52215 ]
- the god of riches and treasure and regent of the northern quarter  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (afterwards) the god of riches and treasure (regent of the northern quarter which is hence called कुबेर - गुप्ता दिश् (kubera-guptā diś), Kumāra-sambhava (Title) iii, 25 ), Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=52215.1 ]
- the chief of the Yakshas and a friend of Rudra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (he is regarded as the son of Viśravas by Iḍaviḍā [ BhP. ], the chief of the Yakṣas, and a friend of Rudra [ Harivaṃśa (Title) 13131 ]; he is represented as having three legs and only eight teeth; with Jainas he is the attendant of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī) [ ID=52215.2 ]
- The god of wealth and guardian of the North  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 070-1 ] कुबेर (kubera) kúbera, m. N. of the regent of the spirits of the lower regions and of darkness ( V. ); god of wealth, the world guardian of the North; -datta, m. N. of a mythical being; -vallabha, m. N. of a Vaiśya. [ ID=6036 ]
- The deity Kuvera  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 230 ] कुबेर (kubera) m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) The deity KUVERA: see कुवेर (kuvera). [ ID=10791 ]
- The Hindu god of wealth  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 195-a ] कुबेर (kubera) ( रः ) ((raḥ)) 1. m. The deity, Kuvera. [ ID=10237 ]
- The god of riches and regent of the northern quarter.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 195-08 ] कुबे ( वे ) र (kube(ve)ra) m. The god of riches and the regent of the northern quarter, कुबेर (kubera) गुप्तां दिशमुष्णरश्मौ गंतुं प्रवृत्ते समयं विलंब्य (kuberaguptāṃ diśamuṣṇaraśmau gaṃtuṃ pravṛtte samayaṃ vilaṃbya) K.S. iii.25. [ ID=9720 ]
- The Hindu god of wealth  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 189-a ] कुबेर (kubera) m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) The deity KUVERA: see कुवेर (kuvera). [ ID=10785 ]
- the god of wealth and regent of the north  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 124 ] कुबेर (kubera) m. Kubera, the chief of the spirits of darkness, afterwards the god of riches, the regent of the north. [ ID=7965 ]
- 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)*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 0237-a ] कुबेर (kubera) kubera, or in later Sanskrit kuvera, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. kumb or fr. 1. ku and vera ), originally N. of the chief of the evil beings or spirits of darkness with the epithet Vaiśravaṇa; afterwards the god of riches and treasure, the regent of the northern quarter of the world, which is hence called Kubera-guptā dik; ( Kubera is the son of Viśravas by Iḍaviḍā, the chief of the Yakṣas, and a friend of Rudra; he is represented as having three legs and only eight teeth); with Jainas, the attendant of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī; N. of a prince of Deva-rāṣṭra; or N. of the great-grand- father of Vāṇa-bhaṭṭa, the author of the Kādambarī; or of the author of the Dattaka-candrikā; the tree Cedrela Toona; ( as, ā, am ), deformed, monstrous; slow, lazy; [cf. kuvera. ] —Kubera-nalinī, f., N. of a Tīrtha. —Kubera-bāndhava, as, m. an epithet of Śiva, ‘the relation of Kubera.’ —Kubera-vana, am, n. ‘the forest of Kubera,’ N. of a place. —Kubera- vallabha, as, m., N. of a Vaiśya. —Kuberākṣī (°ra-ak°), f. the plant Bignonia Suaveolens. —Ku- berācala (°ra-ac°), as, m. ‘the mountain of Kubera,’ an epithet of the Kailāsa mountain. —Kuberādri (°ra-ad°), is, m. an epithet of the Kailāsa mountain. [ ID=15196 ]
- the lord of riches, regent of the northern quarter, and king of the Guhyakas, Rakshasas, and Yakshas  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > 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.).—§ 418 c (Mandara): III, 139, 10824 ( Yakṣarāṭ, on Mandara).—§ 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, 10829 ( °sacivāḥ…Rākṣasāḥ ).—§ 418 d (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.).—[§ 434 e (do.): III, 156, 11441 ( Vaiśravaṇāvāsaṃ, inhabited by Siddhas).]—§ 438 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 161, 11747 ( °sadanaṃ ), 11753 (do.), 11769 ( Yakṣarakṣogaṇavṛtaṃ ), 11770, 11780 (Bhīmasena slew the Yakṣas).—[§ 438 c (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 Page431-b+ 62 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, 56 ζ, 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).—§ 574 e (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, 76 δ, 2691; 80, 2846 ( °sya vihāre ca nalinīṃ padmabhūṣitāṃ, passed by Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna on their way to the abode of Śiva).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 180 δδ, 8194.—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 37, †1737 ( Yama-Varuṇa-K°-Vāsavā vā yadi ).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 92, †4831 ( °-Vaivasvata-Vāsavānāṃ tulyapra- bhāvāḥ ).—§ 615 x (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, 5 ζ, 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 ).—§ 647 b (Brahmadatta-Pūjanīsaṃv.): XII, 139, 5239 ( °a iva kāmadaḥ ). —§ 730 g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14, 912 ( sarvayakṣāṇāṃ, sc. Śiva).—[§ 731 b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19 (visited by Aṣṭāvakra).]—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 61, 3101 ( °m iva Rakṣāṃsi ).—§ 778 f (Muñjavat): XIV, 8, 183, 186 ( °ānucaraiḥ ), 190 ( °sya sahāyaiḥ ), 191.—§ 782 g (Guruśiṣya- saṃv.): XIV, 43 θ, 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 Page432-a+ 63 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 Page432-b+ 62 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. [ ID=6037 ]
- The god of wealth and lord of the Yakshas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कुबेर (kubera) [Printed book page 1-393 ] Kubera (I) — the son of Viśravas (Vaiśrāvaṇa) and Iḍaviḍā. His father initiated him into a great vidyā. Father of three sons — Viśāla and others. Lord of Yakṣas, and brother of Śiva; 1 was pleased with Dhruva and blessed him though he killed his followers. 2 Presented a golden throne to Pṛthu. 3 With his naravāhana attacked Kṛṣṇa taking Pārijāta, but defeated by Satyabhāmā, retreated in fear. Presented to Kṛṣṇa eight treasures and his new city. 4 Attended by Guhyakas, he is compared to Yudhiṣṭhira attended by Pāṇḍavas, Kṛṣṇa and sages. 5 Lord of Alaka and son of Pulastya and resident of Kai- lāsa; 6 vanquished by Rāvaṇa; wife Ṛddhi and son Nala- kūbera. 7 Man as his riding animal: followed by Yakṣas and Rāk- ṣasas with respective standards — Ulūka and Gṛdhra; Page1-394+ 35 fought with Jambha and Kujambha and was overwhelmed; fled to Indra helpless; beaten by Tāraka. 8 By residing in Benares, attained the status of a Gaṇeśa; 9 observed the Ādityaśayanavṛatam; 10 penance at the conflu- ence of the Narmadā and the Kāverī and was blessed by Śiva to be the Lord of Yakṣas; 11 icon of; 12 defended the chariot of Tripurāri. 13 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 2. 32-33; IV. 1. 37; 11. 33. Vā. 40. 8; 47. 1; 70. 38. 97. 2.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IV. 12. 1-9.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. 15. 14.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. X. [65 (V) 45], [66 (V) 4-21]; 50. 56.] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. I. 9. 3.] [ Footnote: 6) Br. II. 18. 1-2; 35. 94; 36. 218; M. 121. 2-3; 137. 32; Vā. 69. 196.] [ Footnote: 7) Br. III. 7. 254 and 331; 8. 44; 72. 2; IV. 15. 22; Vā. 70. 41.] [ Footnote: 8) M. 148. 84; 150. 50-108; 153. 179.] [ Footnote: 9) M. 180. 62.] [ Footnote: 10) Ib. 47. 30; 55. 32.] [ Footnote: 11) Ib. 189. 4-11; 191. 85.] [ Footnote: 12) Ib. 261. 20-2.] [ Footnote: 13) Ib. 133. 63; 138. 25; 140. 41.] [ ID=3156 ]
- the guardian of the north  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-394 ] Kubera (II) — (Dhanada): the guardian of the north; 1 presents of, at Umā's marriage; 2 in the army of deva's at Tārakāmaya; riding animal of, man; 3 Harikeśa got this status at Benares; became annada and kṣetrapāla; Udbhrama and Sambhrama, two Gaṇas in his service. 4 [ Footnote: 1) M. 67. 15; Vi. V. 36. 12.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 154. 489.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 174. 17-18.] [ Footnote: 4) M. 180. 94-99.] [ ID=3157 ]

### Personal Name of Individuals (3 definitions)
- name of a prince of Devarashtra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a prince of Devarāṣṭra [ ID=52215.3 ]
- the great-grandfather of Bana-bhatta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the great-grandfather of Bāṇa-bhaṭṭa (author of the Kādambarī) [ ID=52215.4 ]
- of the author of the Datta-candrika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the author of the Datta-candrikā [ ID=52215.5 ]

### Adjective: Deformed, Monstrous, Slow, Lazy (2 definitions)
- deformed or monstrous  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कुबेर (kubera) mfn. deformed, monstrous, L. [ ID=52215.7 ]
- slow, lazy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > slow, lazy, L. [ ID=52215.8 ]

### Associated Place or Group Names (2 definitions)
- in the Pisachaka hill  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kubera bhavanam — in the Piśācaka hill. Vā. 39. 57. [ ID=3160 ]
- a region of Ketumala  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kuberas (c) — a Janapada of the Ketumāla. Vā. 44. 14. [ ID=3161 ]

### Name of a Tree (Cedrela Toona) (1 definition)
- the tree Cedrela Toona  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the tree Cedrela Toona [ ID=52215.6 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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