विदैवत

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

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

VIDAIVATA : A devil. In the previous birth, this devil was a Kṣatriya King named Harihara. This King lived as a godless man in consequence of which, he was born as a devil in his next birth. (Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapter 95).


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*15th word in right half of page 846 (+offset) in original book.