Dhanañjaya
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Jit Majumdar
- conqueror of wealth
- one of the epithets for Arjuna, the 3rd Pāndava (M. Bh.); the army of Kārttikeya or Skanda, given to him by Śiva (M. Bh.); a king of Kalińga (Kathā.); a nāga in the court of Varuņa who was the son of Kaśyapa and Kadru (M. Bh.); a Sanskrit literary figure in the court of the 11th century King Muñja; the great Indian Hornbill (Buceros bicornis).