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vṛtraवृत्रvṛtrá m. (only once in [TS.]) or n. (mostly in pl.) ‘coverer, investor, restrainer’, an enemy, foe, hostile host, [RV.]; [TS.]
vṛtrá m. N. of the Vedic personification of an imaginary malignant influence or demon of darkness and drought (supposed to take possession of the clouds, causing them to obstruct the clearness of the sky and keep back the waters; Indra is represented as battling with this evil influence in the pent up clouds poetically pictured as mountains or castles which are shattered by his thunderbolt and made to open their receptacles [cf. esp. [RV. i, 31]]; as a Dānava, Vṛtra is a son of Tvaṣṭṛ, or of Danu q.v., and is often identified with Ahi, the serpent of the sky, and associated with other evil spirits, such as Śuṣṇa, Namuci, Pipru, Śambara, Uraṇa, whose malignant influences are generally exercised in producing darkness or drought), [RV.] &c. &c.
a thunder-cloud, [RV. iv, 10, 5] (cf. [Naigh. i, 10])
darkness, [L.]
a wheel, [L.]
a mountain, [L.]
N. of a partic. mountain, [L.]
a stone, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
N. of Indra (?), [L.]
vṛtrá n. wealth (= dhana), [L.] (v.l. vitta)
sound, noise (= dhvani), [L.]
vṛtrahaवृत्रहvṛtra—há mfn. slaying enemies, victorious, [RV.]
vṛtraghnīवृत्रघ्नीvṛtra—ghnī See -hán.
vṛtra—ghnī f. N. of a river, [MārkP.]
vṛtrahanवृत्रहन्vṛtra—hán mf(GnI)n. killing enemies or V°, victorious, [RV.] &c. &c. (mostly applied to Indra, but also to Agni and even to Sarasvatī)
vṛtratūrवृत्रतूर्vṛtra—tūr mfn. (dat. tū́re) id., [MaitrS.]
vṛtraturवृत्रतुर्vṛtra—túr m. conquering enemies or V°, victorious, [RV.]; [TS.] &c.
vṛtratvaवृत्रत्वvṛtra—tvá n. the state or condition of being V°, V°-ship, [TS.]
vṛtrakhādaवृत्रखादvṛtra—khādá mfn. consuming or destroying (others ‘plaguing’, fr. √ khid) Vṛtra, [RV.]
vṛtra—khādá m. ‘devourer of enemies’, N. of Bṛhas-pati, [MW.]
vṛtradruhवृत्रद्रुह्vṛtra—druh m. ‘V°'s foe’, N. of Indra, [Mcar.]
vṛtradviṣवृत्रद्विष्vṛtra—dviṣ ([L.]) m. id.
vṛtrahāyaवृत्रहायvṛtra—hāya Nom. (fr. -ha or -han) Ā. °yate, to act like Indra, [Pat.]
vṛtrahathaवृत्रहथvṛtrá—hatha (vṛtrá-), m. id., [RV. iii, 16, 1.]
vṛtraripuवृत्ररिपुvṛtra—ripu m. = -druh, [VP.]
vṛtrataraवृत्रतरvṛtra—tára m. a worse V°, [RV.]
vṛtravadhaवृत्रवधvṛtra—vadha m. the killing of V°, [Nir.]; [Hariv.] (also N. of a drama and of partic. chapters of the [R.] and the [PadmaP.])
vṛtraśaṅkuवृत्रशङ्कुvṛtra—śaṅkú m. a stone post, [ŚBr.] (Sch. on [KātyŚr.])
vṛtraśatruवृत्रशत्रुvṛtra—śatru m. = -druh, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
vṛtrahantṛवृत्रहन्तृvṛtra—hantṛ m. ‘slayer of V°’, N. of Indra, [MBh.]
vṛtrahatyāवृत्रहत्याvṛtra—hátyā (ā), f. id., [BhP.]
vṛtrahatyaवृत्रहत्यvṛtra—hátya n. the slaying of V° or of enemies, victorious fight, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
vṛtraputrāवृत्रपुत्राvṛtrá—putrā (vṛtrá-), f. ‘having V° as son’, V°'s mother, [RV.]
vṛtratūryaवृत्रतूर्यvṛtra—tū́rya n. conquest of enemies or V°, battle, victory, [RV.]
vṛtravairinवृत्रवैरिन्vṛtra—vairin ([Kathās.]) m. = -druh.
vṛtrabhojanaवृत्रभोजनvṛtra—bhojana m. a kind of pot-herb (commonly called Samaṭh; described by some as a kind of cucumber = gaṇḍīra), [L.]
vṛtranāśanaवृत्रनाशनvṛtra—nāśana ([Hariv.]) m. id.
vṛtravidviṣवृत्रविद्विष्vṛtra—vidviṣ ([Śiś.]) m. = -druh.
vṛtrahantamaवृत्रहन्तमvṛtra—hán—tama hán, mfn. most victorious, bestowing abundant victory, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]