As a deity name
Name 621 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 350 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 491 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 483 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
महादंष्ट्र · noun · masculine
महादेव । शंकर · एक राक्षस का नाम · विद्याधर — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having gr˚ tusks or fangs
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
mahā—daṃṣṭra mfn. having gr˚ tusks or fangs, MBh.; R.
mahā—daṃṣṭra m. a species of big tiger, L.
N. of a Vidyā-dhara, Kathās.
of a man, ib.
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