Hiranyakashipu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Hiranyakashipu, son of Kashyapa and Diti, father of Prahlada, slain by the Narasimha avatar of Vishnu.

Word forms

Hiranyakashipu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हिरण्यकशिपु (hiraṇyakaśipu).

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