English Explanatory Dictionary

Vritra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"), and he is said to have had three heads.

Word forms

Vritra Vṛtra Vrtra

Etymology

From Sanskrit वृत्र (Vṛtrá).

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