भैरव [ bhairava ] [ bhairava ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ bhīru ] ) frightful , terrible , horrible , formidable ( [ am ] ind. ) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

relating to Bhairava Lit. Cat.

[ bhairava ] m. N. of a form of Śiva (cf Lit. RTL. 85) Lit. Prab. Lit. Rājat. Lit. Pur. ( in the latter 8 Bhairava's are enumerated , viz. [ mahā- ] , [ saṃhāra- ] , [ asitāṅga- ] , [ ruru- ] [ kāla- ] , [ krodha- ] , [ tāmracūḍa- ] , or [ kapāla- ] , [ candracūḍa- ] or [ rudra-bh ] ; sometimes other names are given e.g. [ vidyā-rāja ] , [ kāma-r ] , [ nāga-r ] , [ svacchanda-r ] , [ lambita-r ] , [ deva-r ] , [ ugra-r ] , [ vighna-r ] )

a man representing Bhairava's Lit. W.

a jackal Lit. L.

a mountain Lit. L.

(in music) N. of a Rāga

N. of a chief of Śiva's host , Lit. KālP.

of a son of Śiva by Tārā-vatī (wife of Candra-śekhara , king of Karavīra-pura) Lit. ib.

of a Nāga Lit. MBh.

of a Yaksha Lit. Cat.

of a hunter Lit. Hit.

of 2 kings and various teachers and authors ( also with [ tripāṭhin ] , [ daivajña ] , [ tilaka ] , [ dīkṣita ] , [ ācārya ] , [ bhaṭṭa ] and [ miśra ] ) Lit. ib.

of a river Lit. L.

m. pl. N. of a partic. sect Lit. VP.

[ bhairavā ] f. N. of Nirṛiti Lit. VYogay.

f. pl. of a class of Apsaras Lit. VP.

[ bhairavī ] f. see below

[ bhairava ] n. terror or the property of exciting terror Lit. W.

= [ bhairava-tantra ] below.

[ bhairavam ] ind. , see [ bhairava ]