प्रद्युम्नpradyumna

प्रद्युम्न (pradyumna) is a Sanskrit word meaning the god of love, the pleasant, the intellect, a son of Manu and Nadvala, of a king, of several authors and teachers. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Kāma, God of Love, Son of Kṛṣṇa, Other Notable Individuals Named Pradyumna, Composite Entries Listing Multiple Meanings.

Etymology: E. प्र pre-eminent, द्यम्न power
Definitions: 22

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Meanings by context

Kāma, God of Love, Son of Kṛṣṇa

8 definitions

the god of love

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Hindu god of love, son of Krishna.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kama

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of the god of love

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kama, the Hindu god of love, reborn as the son of Krishna

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The god of love

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

son of Krishna and Rukmini

प्रद्युम्न (pradyumna) [Printed book page 554-2]
Pradyumna, son of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī. § 132 (Aṃśāvat.):

I, 67, 2786 (incarnation of Sanatkumāra).—§ 253 (Haraṇā-

haraṇap.): I, 221, 7992 (came to the marriage of Arjuna

and Subhadrā).—§ 262 (Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 56 (°-Śāmba-

Niśathāṃś ca).—§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1275 (Gada-

P°-Śāmbāś ca, came to the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira).—

§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 12, 534 (°o yādṛśaḥ).—

§ 320 (Saubhavadhop.): III, 16, 667, 687, 691; 17, 699,

700, 701, 704, 705, 712, 713, 716; 18, 717, 718, (728),

738; 19, 750, 761, 765, 774, 775 (P.'s encounter with

Śālva, whom he defeated).—§ 342 (Indralokābhigamanap.):

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III, 51, 1994 (will assist the Pāṇḍavas), 2009 (°-Sāmbau,

do.).—§ 402 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 120, †10262 (°-Śāmbau,

do.), †10269 (°muktān niśitān).—§ 510 (Draupadī-Satya-

bhāmāsaṃv.): III, 234, †14719 (°-Śāmbau).—§ 511 (do.):

III, 235, 14735 (°jananī, i.e. Rukminī), 14737.—§ 554

(Sainyodyogap.): V, 1α, †5 (°-Śāmbau); 3, 59 (Gada-P°-

Śāmbāṃś ca Kālavajrānalopamān).—§ 561g (Sahadeva): V,

50, 1999.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 90, 3218.—§ 567

(do.): V, 131ο, 4426 (Vṛṣṇayaḥ…P°mukhāḥ).—§ 581

(Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 65, 2967 (Kṛṣṇa created himself

as P., born from his own self), 2968 (from P. Kṛṣṇa

created Aniruddha).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 11ξ,

408.—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35ε, 1521.—§ 596

(Pratijñāp.): VII, 72, 2510 (°sya priyaṃ, sc. Abhimanyu).

—§ 597 (do.): VII, 84, 3005.—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.):

VII, 110σ, 4193, 4227 (is an atiratha): 111, 4250, [4263

(b: Kārṣṇiḥ…Makaradhvajaḥ)].—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkaca-

vadhap.): VII, 156ζ, 6732.—§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII,

191ξ, 8798 (°-Yuyudhānābhyāṃ).—§ 617b (Brahmaśiras): X,

12, 636 (Sanatkumāraḥ, son of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī).—

§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 81, 3030 (rūpena mattaḥ P°ḥ).—

§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12902 (P. is the manas

of all creatures, which springing from Saṅkarṣaṇa becomes

Sanatkumāra), 12905 (P. = manas sprang from Saṅkarṣaṇa,

from P. sprang Aniruddha), 12937 (Saṅkarṣaṇa begot

P., from P. sprang Aniruddha); 345, 13386 (manobhūtāḥ

…P°ṃ praviśanti).—§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 14,

617 (°-Cārudeṣṇādīn Rukmiṇyāḥ…putrakān), (α), 621.

—§ 769 (do.): XIII, 149, 7017 (Viṣṇu's 1000 names).—

§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159, 7392 (considered as

[the third] form of Kṛṣṇa); 160, 7403, 7406.—§ 785

(Anugītāp.): XIV, 86τ, 2557 (accompanied Kṛṣṇa); 88,

2611 (iva); 89ω, 2680 (Vṛṣṇivīrāṃś ca P°ādyān).—§ 793

(Mausalap.): XVI, 3, 75 (ζ), 101 (is slain); 6, 155.—

§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 5μ, 160 (after death

P. entered Sanatkumāra).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Jānardani: III, 723.

Kārṣṇi, q.v.

Makaradhvaja, Makaraketumat, q.v.

Raukmiṇeya (“the son of Rukmiṇī”): I, 6997, 7914;

II, 129; III, 683, 692, 726, 751, 764, 768, 771, 836, †12584,

†12586; V, †1881, 5331; VII, 4260; XIII, 616 (had slain

Śambara), 7407, 7409, 7454; XIV, 1938; XVI, 157.

Rukmiṇinandana (do.): III, 708, 714, 763; XVI, 89.

Sātvatamukhya, Vṛṣṇipravīra, q.v.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The eldest son of Krishna and Rukmini, and the reincarnation of the god of love.

प्रद्युम्न (pradyumna) [Printed book page 2-416]
Pradyumna (I) — the eldest son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukminī;

in his previous birth the God of Love (Kāma, Smara);¹

within ten days of his birth Śambara stole him and threw

the babe into the sea; was swallowed by a fish; fishermen

who caught the fish presented it to Śambara who asked the

cooks to cook it; when cut open there was the child inside

and Nārada asked Māyāvatī in charge of the kitchen to take

care of the child after telling her the truth about it; that it

was the re-incarnation of her husband Kāma; she brought

up the child more as a lover; asked by Pradyumna why she

was not behaving as a mother but as a wife she explained

that she was Ratī and himself Kāma, and also as to how he

came there by Śambara's act; taught Māyāvatī the vidyā of
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Mahāmāyā: he invited Śambara to battle and cut off his

head; then Māyāvatī took him by air to Dvārakā the resi-

dence of Rukmiṇī and Kṛṣṇa; in Kṛṣṇa's palace, women

found the likeness of Kṛṣṇa in him and Rukminī thought of

her lost son; to their wonder and joy Nārada related the life

story of Pradyumna; the couple were embraced by all of

them and the whole Dvārakā was filled with satisfaction.²

Won his wife Rukmāvatī (Vaidarbhī) in a Svayamvara

after vanquishing his rivals; father of Aniruddha;³ attended

his son's marriage at Bhojakaṭa;⁴ Picture drawn by Citra-

lekha;⁵ one among the Vṛṣṇis who went to attack Bāṇa's

city;⁶ fought with Guha;⁷ went along with his brothers to

play and seeing a huge lizard in a well reported the same to

Kṛṣṇa;⁸ defended Dvārakā with other Yadus when Śālva

besieged it; defeated Śālva's commander-in-chief and did

other feats of valour; had a hit in the chest by Śālva's minis-

ter Dyumat and was taken out by his charioteer, whom he

chided for his action; the charioteer defended his action

under the ethics of war; attacked and vanquished Dyumat;⁹

went to Syamantapañcaka for the solar eclipse;¹⁰ went with

Kṛṣṇa's sacrificial horse;¹¹ unable to recover the dead son

of the Dvārakā Brahmana;¹² fought with Sāmba at Prabhāsa

deluded by Kṛṣṇa;¹³ at his death his wives burnt themselves

in fire.
[Footnote: 1) Vi. IV. 15. 37; V. 26. 12 to the end; ch. 27 (whole); 28. 6-7; 32.

1 and 6; Bhā. I. 10. 29; 11. 17; 14. 30; X. 40. 21; 61. 7 and 9; 90.

35; Br. III. 71. 245; 72. 1; IV. 29. 128; Vā. 96. 237.]

[Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. ch.

55 (whole); M. 47. 15, 23; 93. 51; 101; 10; 248. 48.]

[Footnote: 3) Bhā. X. 61.

18, 22, 23 [8]; 90. 36. Vi. IV. 15. 39.]

[Footnote: 4) Bhā. X. 61. 26.]

[Footnote: 5) Ib. X.

62. 20; Vi. V. 32. 24.]

[Footnote: 6) Bhā. X. 63. 3.]

[Footnote: 7) Ib. X. 63. 7.]

[Footnote: 8) Ib. X.

64. 1-4.]

[Footnote: 9) Ib. X. 76. 13-33. 77. 1-3.]

[Footnote: 10) Ib. X. 82. 6.]

[Footnote: 11) Ib. X. 89.

22. [2].]

[Footnote: 12) Ib. X. 89. 31 and 41; 90. 33.]

[Footnote: 13) Ib. XI. 30. 16.]

[Footnote: 14) Ib. X. 31. 20; Vi. V. 33. 12; 37. 46.]
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— The Purana Index

Other Notable Individuals Named Pradyumna

5 definitions

a son of Manu and Nadvala

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of several authors and teachers

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Chakshusha Manu

— The Purana Index

a son of Bhanuman

— The Purana Index

Composite Entries Listing Multiple Meanings

3 definitions

1. The god of love or Kama. 2. Intellect. 3. A proper name. 4. A mountain. 5. A river.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The god of love, several men, a mountain, and a river

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Kamadeva, the god of love. 2. A son of Krishna and Rukmini. 3. A son of Manu and Nadvala. 4. An astronomer. 5. A mountain. 6. A river.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Abstract Concepts (Intellect, Pleasantness)

2 definitions

the pleasant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the intellect

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Geographical Features (Mountain, River)

2 definitions

of a mountain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Vamśavīra (Hero of the Lineage)

1 definition

a hero of the Vamsha clan

— The Purana Index

Epithet or Manifestation of Viṣṇu

1 definition

1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. The worship of Vishnu.

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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.