Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pramatha प्रमथ – Pramatha; goblin in Śiva's retinue

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

Pramatha; goblin in Śiva's retinue

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

pramatha ·m. tormentor (a kind of goblin); N. of a man, f. ā of a woman.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-matha, as, m. ‘destroyer, tormentor,’ N. of a class of fiends attending on Śiva; N. of one of the hundred sons of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra; a horse; (ā), f. the plant Terminalia Chebula or Citrina (= harī- takī); N. of the wife of Kṣupa and mother of Vīra; pain, affliction (?).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pramatha (von math mit pra) 1〉 m. a〉 Zerrer, Bez. einer Art von Kobolden im Gefolge Śivaʼs AK. 1,1,1,31. AK. 3,4,13,48. H. 201. MED. th. 21. HALĀY. 1,14. pramathānāṃ gaṇaiścaiva samantātparivāritam (śivam) MBH. 13,983. MBH. 13,5924. MBH. 13,6141. fgg. HARIV. 8146. HARIV. 8285. KUMĀRAS. 7,95. ˚varau KATHĀS. 1,63. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,82. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,15. BHĀG. P. 4,4,34. BHĀG. P. 5,5,21. MĀRK. P. 83,23. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,502, Śl. 1. VOP. 5,7. patiḥ pramathabhūtānām (Śiva) BHĀG. P. 4,2,15. ˚nātha Bein. Śivaʼs BHĀG. P. 1,15,9. MBH. 12,10361. ˚pati desgl. H. 199. pramathādhipa desgl. AK. 1,1,1,27. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,58. Bein. Gaṇeśaʼs H. 207, Sch. — b〉 N. pr. eines der 100 Söhne des Dhṛtarāṣṭra MBH. 1,4552. — c〉 Pferd ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 f. ā a〉 Terminalia Chebula oder citrina (harītakī) MED. — b〉 N. pr. der Gattin Kṣupaʼs und Mutter Vīraʼs MĀRK. P. 120,13. — Vgl. pramātha, pramāthin.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pramatha — 1〉 m. — a〉 Zerrer Bez. einer Art von Kobolden im Gefolge Śivaʼs. ˚prathama m. Bez. des Bhrṅgirīṭi BĀLAR. 32,16. — b〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāṣṭra. — c〉 *pferd. — 2〉 f. ā — a〉 *Terminalia chebula oder Terminalia citrina. — b〉 N. pr. einer Frau.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

pramathaḥ 1 A horse. 2 N. of a class of Beings (said to be goblins) attending on Śiva; Ku. 7. 95. Comp. — adhipaḥ -nāthaḥ -patiḥ an epithet of Śiva. — ālayaḥ hell.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pramatha m. Quäler (Art Kobold); Mannsn.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

pramatha m. cheval. Np. d'un serviteur de Śiva. — F. peine, tourment. Terminalia chebula, bot.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 15–19: Śiva’s Laya 1 occurrence

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