महाभय

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

MAHĀBHAYA   A Rākṣasa. He was born to Adharma by his wife Nirṛti. Mahābhaya had two brothers named Bhaya and Mṛtyu. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 54] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

महाभय n.  एक राक्षस, जो अधर्म एवं निऋति का पुत्र था । निऋति का पुत्र होने से, इसे एवं इसके भय एवं मृत्यु नामक दो भाइयों को ‘नैऋत’ राक्षस कहते थे ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

महा—भय  n.  n. great danger or peril, [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

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महा—भय  m.  m. Great Danger personified as a son of अधर्म by निरृति, [MBh.] ( cf. भय)

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महा—भय  mfn.  mf( आ)n. accompanied with gr° d° or peril, very dangerous or formidable, [MBh.]

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