चाणूर

{ cāṇūrḥ, cāṇūra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CĀṆŪRA I   A Kṣatriya king, who served Dharmaputra at the council hall built by Maya. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 26] .
CĀṆŪRA II   An asura, one of the attendants of Kaṁsa. Kaṁsa had employed as his body-guards many pugilists--Pralaṁbaka, Cāṇūra, Tṛṇāvarta, Muṣṭika, Ariṣṭaka, Keśi, Dhenuka, Agha and Vivida and these pugilists were sent with Pūtanā to Gokula to kill Śrī Kṛṣṇa. On the death of Pūtanā they returned to Mathurā. When Kaṁsa invited Kṛṣṇa to Mathurā Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika were the chief pugilists entrusted with the duty of killing Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa fought with Cāṇūra and Balabhadra with Muṣṭika. Both Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika were killed. [Bhāgavata Daśama Skandha] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

चाणूर n.  युधिष्ठिर की सभा का एक क्षत्रिय [म.स.४.२२] ।
चाणूर II. n.  कंस की सभा का एक मल्ल । कृष्ण धनुर्याग के लिये मथुरा आया, तब उसने इसका वध किया [म.स.परि.१.क्र. २१ पंक्ति. ८४६] ; [भा. १०.४४] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चाणूर  m.  m. N. of a prince, [MBh. ii, 121; v, 4410]; [Hariv. 6726]
चानूर   of a wrestler in कंस's service (slain by कृष्ण; identified with the दैत्य वराह), [Hariv.] (, 2361 and 10407), [Vop. xxiii, 24.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चाणूरः [cāṇūrḥ]   A celebrated wrestler in the service of Kaṁsa. When Kṛiṣṇa was taken by Akrūra to Mathurā, Kaṁsa sent this redoubtable wrestler to fight with him; but in the duel which ensued, Kṛiṣṇa whirled him round and round several times and smashed his head.-Comp.
-मर्दनः -सूदनः  N. N. of Kṛiṣṇa.

Shabda-Sagara

चाणूर  m.  ( -रः) A wrestler in the service of KANSA.