VRITRA

Meaning of VRITRA in English

/vrit"reuh/ , n. Hinduism.

a serpent-demon, the personification of evil and leader of the Danavas: conquered by Indra.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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