पूतन

{ pūtanḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पूतन  m.  m. a partic. class of demons or spirits ( also = वेताल), [Mālatīm.]; [Bālar.]; [SaddhP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पूतनः [pūtanḥ]   A dead body in a cemetery.
    ना N. of a female demon who, while attempting to kill Kṛiṣṇa, when but an infant, was herself crushed by him.
   A demoness, or Rākṣasī in general; मा पूतनात्वमुपगाः शिवतातिरेधि [Māl.9.5.]
   Terminalia chebula ( हरीतकी); 'पूतना राक्षसीभेदे हरीतक्यां च पूतना' Viśva. -Comp.
-अरिः, -सूदनः, -हन्  m. m. epithets of Kṛiṣṇa.