दंभ

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

DAṀBHA : A dānava or asura. Daṁbha was the son of Vipracitti an asura born to Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. This Daṁbha is the father of Śaṅkhacūḍa, an asura. Daṁbha received from their teacher Śukra, the spell known as the famous Viṣṇumantra and went to Puṣkara- tīrtha and did penance there for one lac of years. It was due to this penance that the son Śaṅkhacūda was born to him. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 9).


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*3rd word in left half of page 199 (+offset) in original book.