पूतनाpūtanā

पूतना (pūtanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a particular class of demons or spirits, see next, a kind of disease in a child, terminalia Chebula, a species of valerian, wrong reading for prutana. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Kṛṣṇa's Adversary Pūtanā, Various Malevolent Spirits/Demons, Lexical or Referential Note.

Etymology
E. पूत to be pure, nominal verb, युच् aff
Definitions
19
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Meanings by context

Kṛṣṇa's Adversary Pūtanā

9 definitions
A female demon associated with children diseases and Krishna.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Yellow myrobalan. 2. A female demon killed by Krishna. 3. A childhood wasting disease.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Yellow myrobalan. 2. A female demon. 3. A childhood disease of atrophy caused by the demon.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a female demon killed by Krishna

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Yellow myrobalan. 2. A female demon killed by Krishna in his infancy. 3. A childhood disease of wasting and atrophy attributed to that demon.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Yellow myrobalan. 2. A female demon associated with childhood diseases, killed by Krishna.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A female demon sent to kill the infant Krishna. 2. A childhood disease involving atrophy and wasting. 3. Yellow myrobalan. 4. A species of valerian.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

a female demon

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A demoness and friend of Kamsa who was killed by infant Krishna while trying to poison him. 2. A deity propitiated during the construction of palaces.

The Purana Index

Various Malevolent Spirits/Demons

3 definitions
a particular class of demons or spirits

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A daughter of Bali. 2. Mother of the bhutas and a graha.

The Purana Index

A demoness and wife of Bhadra.

The Purana Index

Lexical or Referential Note

2 definitions
See next

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wrong reading for prutana

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A children's disease

1 definition
a kind of disease in a child

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Mātṛ (Divine Mother) or Yoginī

1 definition
a divine mother

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A Varṇa Śakti

1 definition
a Varna shakti

The Purana Index

The plant Terminalia Chebula

1 definition
Terminalia Chebula

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The plant Valeriana

1 definition
a species of valerian

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, 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.