vīraBadra | वीरBअद्र | vIraBadra
vīra—Badra | वीर—Bअद्र | 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.
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.