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Pushpadanta

Pushpadanta proper noun: an Ashtadiggaja guarding the northwest quarter and the husband of Subhadra.

Proper noun

Pushpadanta

  1. (Hinduism) An Ashtadiggaja guarding the northwest quarter and the husband of Subhadra.
  2. (Hinduism) A gandharva.
  3. (Jainism) The ninth Tirthankara of Jainism.

Origin of Pushpadanta

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुष्पदन्त (puṣpadanta).

Questions about Pushpadanta

What does Pushpadanta mean?
Pushpadanta means an Ashtadiggaja guarding the northwest quarter and the husband of Subhadra.
What part of speech is Pushpadanta?
Pushpadanta is a proper noun.

Words near Pushpadanta in the dictionary

  1. pushover
  2. pushoverness
  3. pushovers
  4. Pushpa
  5. pushpad
  6. Pushpadanta
  7. pushpads
  8. Pushpanjali
  9. Pushpesh
  10. pushpin
  11. pushpinned

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