As a deity name
Name 840 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 714 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दृप्त · adj
गर्वित । इतराया हुआ · हर्ष से फूला या चमकता हुआ — Śabdasāgara
दृप्त · noun · masculine
विष्णु का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
mad, wild, proud, arrogant (-tara, compar.), &c. (cf. a-d˚ and a-dṛpita).
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
dṛpta mfn. mad, wild, proud, arrogant (-tara, compar.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (cf. a-d˚ and a-dṛpita).
dṛpta a. [dṛp-kta] 1 Proud, arrogant. 2 Mad, wild, frantic. — ptaḥ N. of Viṣṇu.
dṛpta mfn. (-ptaḥ-ptā-ptaṃ) Proud, arrogant. E. dṛpa to be proud, affix kta.
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