दंडपाणि

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

DAṆḌAPĀṆI I : A king of the family of Yayāti. This King was the son of Vibhīnara and the father of Nimi. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 10).

DAṆḌAPĀṆI II : The son of Pauṇḍraka, the King of Kāśi. Śrī Kṛṣṇa killed Pauṇḍraka. As his son Daṇḍapāṇi was not powerful enough to kill Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he performed the sacrifice of Maheśvara yajña. Being pleased at the sacrifice Śiva created Kṛtyā in the sacrificial fire and sent her to Dvārakā to destroy Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who aimed his Sudarśana cakra (wheel-weapon) at her. She ran to Vārāṇasī, where the wheel turned Kṛtyā and everybody with her to ashes. (Padma- Purāṇa, Uttara Kāṇḍa, Chapter 278).