# मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra)

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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).

- **SLP1:** `maRiBadra`  **IAST:** maṇibhadra  **Devanagari:** मणिभद्र
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%E1%B9%87ibhadra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manibhadra/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** माणिभद्र (māṇibhadra)

## Meanings by context

### Yakṣa King, Leader, or Deity (4 definitions)
- a brother of Kubera and king of the Yakshas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 775,1] मणि (maṇi) — भद्र (—bhadra) m. N. of a brother of Kubera and king of the Yakṣas (the tutelary deity of travellers and merchants), Mahābhārata (Title); Kathāsaritsāgara (Title); Daśakumāra-carita (Title) &c. [ ID=154723 ]
- the name of a king of the Yakshas  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 390 ] मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) m. N. of a king of the Yakṣas. [ ID=23494 ]
- a Yaksha, the tutelary deity of travelers and caravans  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 464-1 ] Maṇibhadra (C. often Mā°), a Yakṣa. § 269 (Vaiśrava- ṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 397 (among the Yakṣas in the palace of Kubera).—§ 347 (Nalopākhyānap.): III, 64, 2529 ( Yakṣarāḍ adya M°ḥ prasīdatu ); 65, 2553 ( nūnaṃ na pūjito 'smābhir M°o mahāyaśāḥ, M. is the tutelary deity of travellers and caravans).—§ 418 c (Mandara): III, 139, 10826 ( Yakṣen- draṃ, on Mandara, Mā° both C. and B.).—§ 685 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 272, 9769 ( Mā°, C.), 9772 (do.), 9774 (do.), 9775 (do.), (9781) (do.), (9783) (do.).—§ 731 b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19, 1413 ( °purogamāḥ, sc. Rākṣasāḥ, C. Mā° ), 1421 (do., do.).—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 65, 1918 (oblations are given to Kubera and M.). Cf. Yakṣarāj, Yakṣendra. [ ID=7062 ]
- 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*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 2-596 ] Maṇibhadra — a son of Rajatanābha, (Bhadrā- Vā. P. ) married Puṇyajanī who was the mother of a number of Yakṣas; 1 the commander of the army of the Yakṣas living in Candraprabhā; lived on the hill adjoining Caitraratha; 2 devoted to Lalitā; 3 Yakṣa senāpati. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Br. III. 7. 120; Vā. 69. 152, 157.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. II. 18. 7-8; M. 121. 8-9.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. IV. 33. 78.] [ Footnote: 4) Vā. 47. 7.] [ ID=9908 ]

### 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*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 633 ] मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) m. ( - द्रः (-draḥ) ) 1 One of the Jinas, or Jaina deified teachers. 2 A name of the king of the Yakṣas. [ ID=29157 ]
- 1. A Jaina. 2. A Yaksha.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 568-a ] मणि - भद्र (maṇi-bhadra) ( द्रः ) ((draḥ)) 1. m. A Jaina; Yaksha. [ ID=28669 ]
- 1. A Jaina deified teacher. 2. The king of the Yakshas.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) [Printed book page 543-a ] मणिभद्र (maṇibhadra) m. ( - द्रः (-draḥ) ) 1. One of the Jinas, or Jaina deified teachers. 2. A name of the king of the Yakshas. [ ID=30109 ]

### Name of Other Specific Individuals (Merchant, Poet) (2 definitions)
- belonging to a chief merchant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Śreṣṭhin, Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=154724 ]
- of a poet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a poet, Subhāṣitāvali (Title) [ ID=154725 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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