The death of Madhu and the origin of the epithet is described in the Padma Purana:[3]
Then Madhu, screened with darkness, quickly disappeared. Through his illusion he dropped a hundred mountains on (the body of) Viṣṇu. Then in the battle, getting into the darkness, he cut off the mountains, and angrily cut off his head with his (disc called) Sudarśana. Then gods like Brahmā and Śiva made him known as ‘Madhusūdana’ in the worlds.
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madhusudana, sanskrit, मध, दन, romanized, madhusūdana, epithet, vishnu, krishna, 73rd, name, vishnu, sahasranama, sculpture, vishnu, slaying, madhu, kaitabha, vishnu, kāminī, lakshmi, according, sankara, commentary, vishnu, sahasranama, means, destroyer, madhu. Madhusudana Sanskrit मध स दन romanized Madhusudana is an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna 1 and is the 73rd 2 name in the Vishnu Sahasranama Sculpture of Vishnu slaying Madhu and Kaitabha Madhusudana Vishnu and Madhusudana Kamini Lakshmi According to Adi Sankara s commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama Madhusudana means the destroyer of Madhu Literature editMain article Madhu Kaitabha The death of Madhu and the origin of the epithet is described in the Padma Purana 3 Then Madhu screened with darkness quickly disappeared Through his illusion he dropped a hundred mountains on the body of Viṣṇu Then in the battle getting into the darkness he cut off the mountains and angrily cut off his head with his disc called Sudarsana Then gods like Brahma and Siva made him known as Madhusudana in the worlds Padma Purana Section 1 Chapter 72References editCited from Sri Vishnu Sahasranama commentary by Sri Sankaracharya translated by Swami Tapasyananda available at Sri Ramakrishna Math Chennai available at an Indian web site and a US site https www sanskrit lexicon uni koeln de scans csl apidev servepdf php dict CAE amp page 393 Vishnu Sahasranamam Archived 2008 01 10 at the Wayback Machine www wisdomlib org 2019 08 23 The Slaying of Madhu Chapter 72 www wisdomlib org Retrieved 2022 10 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Madhusudana amp oldid 1218752193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
