हिरण्यकशिपु — {kaśipú} m. a golden cushion or seat or clothing##({híraṇya}.), mfn. having a golden cushion or clothing##m. N. of a Daitya king noted for impiety (he was son of Kaśyapa and Diti, and had obtained a boon from Brahmā that he should not be slain by either god or man or animal ; hence he became allpowerful ; when, however, his pious son Prahlāda praised Vishṇu, that god appeared out of a pillar in the form Nara-siṃha, 'half man, half lion', and tore Hiraṇya-kaśipu to pieces ; this was Vishṇu's fourth Avatāra ; See {pra-hlāda}, {nara-siṃha}) (cf. 328 ; 392, n. 2)##{-cchedin} (cf. Pañcar.), {-dāraṇa} (cf. L.), or {-han} (cf. MW.), m. N. of Vishṇu
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