# सृबिन्द (sṛbinda)

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सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a demon slain by Indra, a demon and enemy of Indra, the name of a foe of Indra in the Rigveda.

- **SLP1:** `sfbinda`  **IAST:** sṛbinda  **Devanagari:** सृबिन्द
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbinda
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sribinda/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A demon/foe of Indra in Vedic texts (4 definitions)
- the name of a demon slain by Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1245,3] सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) m. N. of a demon slain by Indra, RV. [ ID=252033 ]
- Name of a demon  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) [Printed book page 634 ] सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) m. N. of a demon. [ ID=37990 ]
- a demon and enemy of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) [Printed book page 1134-b ] सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) sṛbinda, as, m., Ved., N. of a demon (an enemy of Indra). [ ID=52632 ]
- the name of a foe of Indra in the Rigveda  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > सृबिन्द (sṛbinda) [Printed book page 2-471 ] Sṛbinda is the name of a foe of Indra 1 in the Rigveda. 2 The word may denote a real foe, since it has no obvious Āryan derivation. [ Footnote: 1) Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, p. 162.] [ Footnote: 2) viii. 32, 2.] [ ID=3661 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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