vīra—bhadra m. a distinguished hero, [L.]
a horse fit for the Aśva-medha sacrifice, [L.]
Andropogon Muricatus, [L.]
N. of a Rudra, [Yājñ., Sch.]
of an incarnation or form of Śiva (sometimes regarded as his son, and worshipped esp. in the Marāṭha country; in the Vāyu-Purāṇa he is said to have been created from Śiva's mouth in order to spoil the sacrifice of Dakṣa, and is described as having a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet, and wielding a thousand clubs; his appearance is fierce and terrific, he is clothed in a tiger's skin dripping with blood, and he bears a blazing bow and battle-axe; in another Purāṇa he is described as produced from a drop of Śiva's sweat), [MBh.]; [Pur.]; [Kathās.] &c. ([RTL. 79]; [82])
of a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas, [MBh.]
of a king and various authors, [Cat.]