Kuvera Kubera : king of the Yakshas & the god of wealth. Driven away from Lanka, his original capital, by half-brother Rāvaṇa, Kubera built a golden city on Sumeru.
... Kinnara or Kimnara: mythical beings traditionally considered to have the form of a man and the head of a horse. According to some scholars, they are singers and musicians dwelling in the paradise of Kubera on Kailash. 16. Elephant-hide: when Shiva killed Ganasura, the elephant demon, he skinned him and danced in the bloody skin. 17. Alaktaka: in Sanskrit alaktaka or laakshaa: a ...
... hand will be with me and the Divine Mother near with her gracious smile of succour? And thou knowest not then that God's grace is more difficult to have or to keep than the nectar of the Immortals or Kuvera's priceless treasures? Ask of His chosen and they will tell thee how often the Eternal has covered his face from them, how often he has withdrawn from them behind his mysterious veil and they have found ...
... in its derivatives यम् to order, control, regulate; यत् to use force upon, strive, practise; यक्ष् the habituative, to keep carefully from which यक्ष the guardians of wealth, the ganas , hosts of Kuvera; यछ् to importune, entreat, supplicate; यच् to control, to regulate, distribute, give. यज् means to regulate, rule, order, govern. यज is He who does these things, the Lord, Governor, Master, Provider ...
... ram, and digesting him instantly, then destroying Vātāpi's brother Ilvala by the flash of his eyes. So great was his power and light, it is said, that 1 Kinnars dwell in the heaven of Kuvera the Yaksha, in Kailash. A Kinnar has the form of a man and the head of a horse, as opposed to Sagittarius the Archer, who has a horse's body and the head of a man. 2 I have heard that it was ...
... in prowess and is pleasing of aspect as the moon. In (show of) anger he resembles the destructive fire at the end of creation and is a counterpart of Mother Earth in forbearance. (18) He equals Kubera (the god of riches, the be stower of wealth) in liberality and is another Dharma (the god of piety) as it were in point of truthfulness. With intent to gratify the people the king (Emperor Dasaratha)... and aroused (as though from sleep) the monkeys (fallen in battle), Srī Rama flew to Ayodhya in (the aerial car known by the name of) Puspaka (that had been snatched by Ravana from his half brother, Kubera, the god of riches), accompanied by his relations (Sīta and Laksmana) and friends (Vibhīsana, Sugnva and others). (86) Reaching the her mitage of the sage Bharadwaja (in the vicinity of Prayaga) ...
... unsurpassed (by any other), "Let thee be gone and serve as a transport to the glorious Kubera (son of Sage Visrava). I grant you leave (to depart)." (61) Proceeding in a northerly direction when duly permitted by Śrī Rāma, that aerial car, which was unsurpassed (by any other), then flew to the (celestial) abode of Kubera (the bestower of riches). (62) Impelled by the advice of Śrī Rāma, the heavenly aerial... very soul of righteousness, but afflicted in mind, having heard the cries of those who were thus wailing, was moved for a while to contemplation, his eyes filled with troubled tears. (1) Then again, Kubera (son of Sage Visrava who was the king of Yaksas) and Yama (the god of retribution) along with the Pitrs (the eternal manes) as also the thousand eyed Indra (the lord of gods), and, along with Varuna... reach that city in the course of a day, 0 prince! (8) May prosper ity attend you! There is a heavenly and excellent aerial car, Puspaka by name, brilliant as the sun and belonging to my (half-brother), Kubera (the ruler of Yaksas), which was borne away by the very mighty Ravana after conquering the former in combat and which moves according to the will of its rider. Having been retained for your sake, it ...
... period for which we have no fixed pointer. Vaiśravana (Kubera), however, is not unique to Kautilya. Bhattacharya 3 tells us: "It appears that the worship of Kubera-Vaiśravana was... not uncommon, for not only does Kautilya refer to the installation of his image in a fort, but there is sculptural evidence to prove that Kubera with his two nidhis - the conch-shell and the cornupopia exuding... of Mahārāja or Kubera (IV.3.97) who is also classed as a devatā (IV.2.35) to whom oblations were offered. 5 We learn too from Agarwal 6 that Patahjali (1.436) refers to the temples dedicated to Kubera besides those to Keśava (Krishna) and Rama (Krishna's brother Balarāma)." Apropos of Pānini's allusion to "the worship of Mahārāja, which was but another name of Vessavana-Kubera, who headed the... the city in the north, the east, the south and the west respectively." Kangle 2 draws attention to the fact that the presiding deities over the north and the west "are not Kubera and Varuna respectively as later". Not that Kubera and Varuna would necessarily fail to be such guardians in early times, but by and large their vogue for those quarters would be absent. Varuna is worshipped in the Arthaśāstra ...
... king's personal honour being at stake, he got the wealth from Kubera, the lord of Kailāsa, and offered the same to Kautsa. As a matter of fact, it was offered to him by Kubera himself, whom he desired to conquer by force: ... Raghu, on his part, seeing that the wealth of the earth had all been drained, now desired to wrest it from Kubera. At dawn, when he was making ready to set forth, his ...
... speed) ऐरावती lightning ऐरवतः Iravat (ऐरावणः), rainbow.. a kind of lightning orange tree (therefore not motion) Page 616 (इश्) ईशानं light, splendour. (इल्) एलविलः (ऐडविडः, -लः) Kuvera ऐलविलः, ऐलः, ऐलेयः Mars Roots in ‘k’ [1] क क class meaning कः Brahman, Vishnu the soul mind body knot, joint Kamadeva कं happiness... कौपं well-water कौप of a well. कौपीनं pudenda.. cover, conceal loin cloth.. ragged garment cover, conceal sin cover, conceal कुब् कुबेरः Kuvera कूवेरः कुब्कज humpbacked, crooked ..कौब्ज्यं curve कुब्जः hump.. curved sword curve कब्जकः name of a tree कुब्जिका eight-year old unmarried girl. कुब्रं ... Roundness or Twisting *कुवाहुलः camel *कोविदारः a tree कूवर hunchbacked. Crookedness. कूवरः a carriage pole कूवरी Projection. कौवेर belonging to Kuvera Page 651 The Sibilant Group. कुश् कुंश् to shine Light — Brightness कुष् to shine कुषाकुः: sun, fire. Fire कुषाकु burning, scorching ...
... Daśaratha), to be brought in the same room where he was, prompted as he was with a desire to please Sumantra. (6-7) Page 45 The bard saw Śrī Rāma , the chastiser of his foes, resplendent as Kubera (son of Visrava seated, richly adorned, on a gold couch overspread with a cover, nay, besmeared with holy and fragrant sandal paste of superb excellence and crimson as the blood of a boar, and further... serve you (in that state). (23) May Indra (the wielder of the thunder bolt) guard your eastern side; Yama (the god of punishment), your southern side; Varuna (the god of water), your western side and Kubera (the lord of riches) your northern side." (24) Taking leave of Sītā and having gone through auspicious rites appropriate to the solemn occasion, Śrī Rāma forthwith departed from his palace along... (who pronounced benedictions by raising shouts of victory), Sutas (chroniclers) and Magadhas (who glorified descent), who marched ahead of him and extolled by eloquent eulogists, Śrī Rāma drove like Kubera along with neighing horses accompanied by elephants. (46) Śrī Rāma (also) beheld the clean road thronged with elephants in rut and female elephants, chariots and horses, with their crossings packed ...
... character, having laid hold through vanity of death (in the form of Sītā) you think: 'I am a hero'. (14) (Indeed) a laudable, momentous and glorious act has been performed by you, a heroic brother of Kubera (the god of wealth) and rich in might! (15) Reap today and this (very) moment the rich fruit of that detested and pernicious act perpetrated through (sheer) vanity. (16) Although, 0 evil minded one... (the Creator) as well as Visnu (the Protector of the universe). Lord Śiva (the god of destruction), Skanda (son of Lord Śiva), Prajāpati (the lord of creation), the mighty Indra (the ruler of gods), Kubera (the bestower of riches), Kāla (the Time spirit), Yama (the god of retribution), Soma (the moon god), Varuna (the ruler of the waters), the Pitrs (manes), the (eight) Vasus, the (twelve) Sadhyas, the ...
... 461, 463, 467, 469-71, 484, 519, 521, 595 Kshatrapa, Kshatrapavan, Kshatrapas, 21, 56, 457, 467 Kshudrakas (Oxydrakai), 162, 241, 261 Kshudraka-Mālavasena, 162 Kubera (Vaiśravana), 143, 581, 582 Kuberanaga, 190 Kumāradevī Lichchhavi, 37, 39, 40, 199, 206, 226, 231, 441, 444, 533, 538, 539-40, 596 Kumāraguptas, several, 41; Kumāra-gupta... Utpala, see Bhattotpala Vāhikas, 162, 250 Vāhlīkas/Bāhlīkas, 13, 527-33, 596 Vahliki (Mādri), 528 Vainyagupta, 511, 512, 557 Vaisall, 499 Vaishnavism, 29, 242 Vaiśravana (Kubera), 581 Vaivasvata, 68, 69, 70, 91, 93, 95 Vākātakas, 489 Valabha Era, 18, 26, 27 Valabhi kings, 26, 485, 489 Vāmana, 405-06 Vāmanajayaditya, 248 Vamsa Brāhmana, 309 Vanga ...
... were delightful to the ear: — (27) "Glorious as the sun, beloved of, the world as the moon Śrī Rāma brings delight to the entire universe (by bestowim riches and food grains on all) as the god Kubera (son of Sag Visrava). (28) He is endowed with prowess like the highly illustrious Lord Visnu and utters truthful and sweet words like the celestial Sage Brhaspati. (29) He is rich in comeliness, graceful ...
... a quite independent context: "The Allāhābād pillar inscription...represents him actually as the god Visnu in human form. Samudragupta is described as equal to the four loka-pālas, viz. Kubera, Varuna, Indra, and Yama, and also as 'one who is a mortal only in celebrating the observance of mankind, but is otherwise a god dwelling on the earth'. This no doubt refers to the conception of ...
... notice that their clothes were loosening and the flower wreaths in their braids were falling. 25. When they were thus singing and sporting with the intoxication of joy, a prominent officer of Kubera, known as Śankhacūda, happened to go that way. 26 Undaunted, Śankhacūda, in the very presence of Rāma and Śrī Krsna, drove the screaming women who had Them as their protector, in a northerly direction ...
... Sircar 1 elsewhere says, "begins with an adoration to the gods Dharma, Indra, Sahkarshana and Vāsudeva, the Moon and the Sun, and the four lokapalas, viz. Yama (differentiated from Dharma), Varuna, Kubera and Vāsava (differentiated from Indra)". But now Sankarshana has the precedence of Vāsudeva, though both are equal in divinity and represent one and the same supreme power. The order is reversed ...
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