तालजङ्घ

{ tālajaṅgha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

TĀLAJAṄGHA   Jayadhvaja, fifth son of Kārttavīrya, got a son named Tālajaṅgha. The sons of this valiant man are called Tālajaṅghas. There was once a great fight between Vītihotra, the eldest of these sons, and Paraśurāma. [Chapter 88, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ताल—जङ्घ  mfn.  mfn. ( [Pāṇ. 6-2, 114]; [Kāś.]) having legs as long as a palm-tree, [R. v, 12, 35]; [Hariv. 9553]; [Tantr.]

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belonging to the ताल-जङ्घ tribe, [MBh. xiii, 7223]
ताल—जङ्घ  m.  m. a prince of that tribe, iii, 17014

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a रक्षस्, [VarYogay. iii, 21]
N. of a रक्षस्, [R. vi, 84, 12]
of a दैत्य, [Hariv. 12940]
of a chief of the भूतs, [Kathās. cviii, 90]
of the ancestor of the ताल-जङ्घ tribe (descendant of शर्याति, [MBh. xiii, 1946]; son of जय-ध्वज, [VP. iv, 11, 5]; [BhP. ix, 23, 27])
pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [BhP.]