मणिभद्रmaṇibhadra

मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) is a Sanskrit word meaning a brother of Kubera and king of the Yakshas, belonging to a chief merchant, of a poet, one of the Jaina deified teachers, a name of the king of the Yakshas, a Jaina. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Yakṣa King, Leader, or Deity, Dual Identity: Jaina Figure and Yakṣa, Name of Other Specific Individuals (Merchant, Poet).

Definitions: 9

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Yakṣa King, Leader, or Deity

4 definitions

a brother of Kubera and king of the Yakshas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a king of the Yakshas

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a Yaksha, the tutelary deity of travelers and caravans

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A son of Rajatanabha. 2. Husband of Punyani and father of the Yakshas. 3. The commander of the army of the Yakshas. 4. Devoted to Lalita.

— The Purana Index

Dual Identity: Jaina Figure and Yakṣa

3 definitions

1. One of the Jaina deified teachers. 2. A name of the king of the Yakshas.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A Jaina. 2. A Yaksha.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A Jaina deified teacher. 2. The king of the Yakshas.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of Other Specific Individuals (Merchant, Poet)

2 definitions

belonging to a chief merchant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a poet

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, 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.