# पुरोचन (purocana)

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पुरोचन (purocana) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a man, name of a man, confidant and helper of Duryodhana.

- **SLP1:** `purocana`  **IAST:** purocana  **Devanagari:** पुरोचन
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purochana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/purochana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Purocana, a character in the Mahabharata (3 definitions)
- the name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 637,3] पुरोचन (purocana) m. N. of a man, MBh. [ ID=126637 ]
- the name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > पुरोचन (purocana) [Printed book page 0586-b ] पुरोचन (purocana) purocana, as, m., N. of a man. [ ID=29564 ]
- name of a man, confidant and helper of Duryodhana  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > पुरोचन (purocana) [Printed book page 567-2 ] Purocana, name of a man, a confidant and helper of Duryo- dhana. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 380 ( °sya…dahanaṃ, cf. § 213).—§ 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2252.— § 213 (Jatugṛhap.): I, 141, 5645; 144, 5716, 5717, 5732, 5733; 146, 5775, 5776, 5778, 5779, 5783, 5788, 5789, 5797; 147, 5801, 5807, 5812, 5815, 5817; 148, 5819, 5820, 5821, 5822, 5828; 150, 5857, 5864, 5879 (constructed the lac house and set fire to it in order to burn the five Pāṇḍavas and Kuntī, but was himself burned).—§ 215 (Bakavadhap.): Page568-a+ 63 I, 162, 6249 ( nihataḥ, all. to § 213).—§ 241 (Vidurāga- manap.): I, 200, 737 (all. to § 213), 7377 (do.); 203, 7453 (do.), 7455 (do.).—§ 243 (do.): I, 205, 7510 (do.); 206, 7523 (do.). [ ID=8787 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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