Danava

[ dah-nuh-vuh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. one of the Vedic demons.

Example Sentences

And while the gods were drinking that nectar after which they had so much hankered, a Danava, named Rahu, was drinking it in the guise of a god.

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A demon danâwa dânava J. danawa.

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He who took his birth as the Danava named Hiranyakashipu, whose strength was so great that he could shake the very mountains of Meru, succeeded in obtaining from Mahadeva the puissance belonging to all the deities and enjoyed it for ten millions of years.

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Gratified with another Danava named Vidyutprabha, Mahadeva granted to him the sovereignty of the three worlds.

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That Danava remained the sovereign of the three worlds for a hundred thousand years.

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