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वज्राङ्गvajrāṅga

वज्राङ्ग (vajrāṅga) is a Sanskrit word meaning a snake, coix Barbata, heliotropium Indicum, a sort of grain, a son of Diti and father of the Asura Taraka. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Vajrāṅga (m.) as snake & Vajrāṅgī (f.) as Coix Barbata, Vajrāṅga (m.) as a snake, Vajrāṅga as a mythological Asura.

Etymology
E. वज्र the thunder-bolt, (as hard,) and अङ्ग body or substance
Definitions
7
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Meanings by context

Vajrāṅga (m.) as snake & Vajrāṅgī (f.) as Coix Barbata

3 definitions
1. A snake. 2. A sort of grain.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A snake. 2. A sort of grain.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A snake. 2. A sort of grain.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajrāṅga (m.) as a snake

1 definition
a snake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vajrāṅga as a mythological Asura

1 definition
A son of Diti and father of the Asura Taraka.

— The Purana Index

Vajrāṅgī (f.) as Coix Barbata

1 definition
Coix Barbata

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vajrāṅgī (f.) as Heliotropium Indicum

1 definition
Heliotropium Indicum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: 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.