कुबेर [ kubera ] [ kúbera ] m. or in later Sanskṛit (originally) N. of a chief of the evil beings or spirits or darkness having the N. Vaiśravaṇa Lit. AV. viii , 10 , 28 Lit. ŚBr.

(afterwards) the god of riches and treasure ( regent of the northern quarter which is hence called [ kubera-guptā diś ] Lit. Kum. iii , 25) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

( he is regarded as the son of Viśravas by Iḍaviḍā ( Lit. BhP. ) , the chief of the Yakshas , and a friend of Rudra ( Lit. Hariv. 13131 ) ; he is represented as having three legs and only eight teeth ; with Jainas he is the attendant of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī)

N. of a prince of Devarāshṭra

of the great-grandfather of Bāṇa-bhaṭṭa (author of the Kādambarī)

of the author of the Datta-candrikā

the tree Cedrela Toona

[ kubera ] m. f. n. deformed , monstrous Lit. L.

slow , lazy Lit. L.