वातस्कन्ध

{ vātaskandha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĀTASKANDHA   A hermit. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 7, Stanza 14] , that he sits in the palace of Indra praising and worshipping him.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वात—स्कन्ध  m.  m. ‘wind-region’, the quarter from which the w° blows (seven are enumerated), [R.]

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N. of a ऋषि, [MBh.]

Shabda-Sagara

वातस्कन्ध  n.  ( -न्धं) The portion of the atmosphere where the wind blows.
E. वात wind, स्कन्ध part.

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