मिथु

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

MITHU   A very valorous dānava. Once Bharata son of Ārṣṭiṣeṇa was making preparations for an Aśvamedha on the banks of the river Sarasvatī with Upamanyu as his priest when Mithu came and took them both to Pātāla. Then Devāpi, son of Upamanyu, got his father and the King released from there by continuous worship of Śiva [Brahma Purāṇa--127. 56-57] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

मिथु n.  एक शूर दानव । एक समय सरस्वती नदी के किनारे, आर्ष्टिषेणपुत्र भर राजा अपने उपमन्यु नामक पुरोहित के साथ अश्वमेध यज्ञसमारोह कर रहा था । इसने भर एवं उपमन्यु इन दोनों को उठा कर पाताल में भगाया । पश्चात् उपमन्यु के देवापि नामक पुत्र ने शिव की उपासना कर उन दोनो की मुक्तता की [ब्रह्म.१२७.५६-५७] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मिथु  n.  ind. ( cf. मिथू) alternately, pervertedly, falsely, wrongly, [RV.] ( [Padap.] and, [Prāt.]), [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मिथु [mithu] मिथुः [mithuḥ]   मिथुः ind.
   Ved. Falsely, wrongly.
   Alternately.
   Together, mutually (मिथः); ब्रह्मादयस्तनुभृतो मिथुरर्द्यमानाः [Bhāg.11.6.14.]