m.Name of a ṛṣi- (called ārjuneya-, author of several hymns of the ;when attacked by the demon śuṣṇa-, indra- defended him and killed the demon;but in other hymns[ ] kutsa- is represented as persecuted by indra-)
m. N. of various men; -ana, n. reviling, abuse; contempt; term of abuse; -aya, den. P. [ask as to the whence: kut(a)s] abuse, blame; contemn: pp. -ita, contemptible; blameworthy; -â, f. abuse, blame: in. contemptuously; -ya, fp. blameworthy.
Is the name of a hero frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, which, however, gives practically no information about him, for he was no doubt already a figure of the mythic past. He is several times called Arjuneya, ‘descendant of Arjuna,’ and is usually associated with Indra in the exploit of defeating the demon Susna and winning the sun. He is said to have defeated Smadibha, Tugra, and the Vetasus, but, on the other hand, he is several times mentioned with Atithigva and Ayu as being vanquished by Indra, his defeat in one passage being attributed to Tūrvayāna. Elsewhere he appears with Atithigva as a friend of Indra’s. In the later literature he is seldom mentioned except in connexion with the myth of his binding Indra, which is found in the Brāhmanas, and which is based on an obscure verse in the Rigveda. The Kutsas, or descendants of Kutsa, are mentioned in one hymn of the Rigveda.
noun (masculine) lightning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a descendant of Aṅgiras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the descendants or the family of Kutsa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thunderbolt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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