वीरभद्र vīrabhadra
boy 4 syllables SLP1 vIraBadra

As a deity name

Name 905 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees

As a Hindi name

वीरभद्र · noun · masculine

अश्वमेध यज्ञ का घोड़ा · उशीर । खस · प्रख्यात वीर । प्रसिद्ध योद्धा । श्रेष्ठ वीर (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a distinguished hero

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · वीरभद्र

vīra—bhadra m. a distinguished hero, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वीरभद्र

a horse fit for the Aśva-medha sacrifice, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वीरभद्र

Andropogon Muricatus, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वीरभद्र

N. of a Rudra, Yājñ., Sch.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वीरभद्र

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)

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