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    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 62, col. 2.
    aśvakranda aśva-krand + a, m. The

    name of a bird, MBh. 1, 1488.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 115, col. 1.
    áśva—kranda (áśva-), m. N. of a mythical being, Suparṇ.; MBh. 1, 1488 (‘N. of Yakṣa’ Comm.)

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 521.
    aśvakranda (a° + kra°) m. N. eines Vogels MBH. 1, 1488.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1072.
    aśvakranda lies N. pr. eines Yakṣa (Schol.).

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 139, col. 1.
    áśvakranda m. ein best. mythisches Wesen (Yakṣa NĪLAK. zu MBH. Ind. St. 14,21.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 505, col. 1.
    aśvakranda pu0 devasenāpatibhede “aśvakrandena vīreṇa reṇukena ca
    pakṣirāṭ” bhā0 ā0 pa0 amṛtāharaṇe devagaruḍayuddhavarṇane .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    Aśvakranda: I, 32, 1488 (Garuḍa) (killed by Garuḍa

    when seizing upon the ambrosia).

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 4, col. 1.
    Aśvakranda m.: A mythical bird (?)

    Tore open by Garuḍa with nails and beak

    during his expedition to fetch amṛta 1. 28.

    18, 20.

    [Name of a Yakṣa according to Nila-

    kaṇṭha].