A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1437
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1437
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PUSHPA-DANTA. ‘Flower-teeth.’ 1. One of the chief attendants of Siva. He incurred his master’s displeasure by listening to his private conversation with Pārvatī and talking of it afterwards. For this he was condemned to become a man, and so appeared in the form of the great grammarian Kātyāyana. 2. One of the guardian elephants. *See* Loka-pāla.