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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vajradanta (वज्रदन्त).—A commander of Bhaṇḍa, who was killed by the Śaktis.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 21. 77; 23. 46-9.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vajradanta (वज्रदन्त).—

1) a hog.

2) a rat.

Derivable forms: vajradantaḥ (वज्रदन्तः).

Vajradanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and danta (दन्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajradanta (वज्रदन्त).—m.

(-ntaḥ) 1. A hog. 2. A rat. E. vajra a thunder-bolt, (as hard,) danta a tooth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vajradanta (वज्रदन्त):—[=vajra-danta] [from vajra > vaj] mfn. ‘hard-tusked’, a hog, boor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a rat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vajradanta (वज्रदन्त):—[vajra-danta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. A hog; a rat.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vajradaṃta (ವಜ್ರದಂತ):—

1) [noun] a strong tooth.

2) [noun] a wild-boar, a hard-tusked animal.

3) [noun] a rat, a rodent.

4) [noun] akind of plant.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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