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chitr:Disamb2.jpg airavat

ek bahuvikalpi shabd hai any arthoan ke lie dekhean:- airavat (bahuvikalpi)

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thumb|250px|airavat airavat devataoan ke raja indr ke hathi ka nam hai. yah hathi devataoan aur asuroan dvara kiye ge samudr manthan ke dauran nikali chaudah moolyavan vastuoan mean se ek tha. manthan se prapt ratnoan ke bantavare ke samay airavat ko indr ko de diya gaya tha.

• airavat ko shuklavarn aur char daantoan vala bataya gaya hai.
• ratnoan ke bantavare ke samay indr ne is divy gunayukt hathi ko apani savari ke lie le liya tha. isalie isaka 'iandrahasti' athava 'iandrakuanjar' nam bhi p da.
• airavat ke aur bhi kee any nam haian, jaise- 'abhramatang', 'airavan', 'abhrabhoovallabh', 'shvetahasti', 'mallanag', 'hastimall', 'sadadan', 'sudama', 'shvetakuanjar', 'gajagrani' tatha 'nagamall'.
• mahabharat, bhishmaparv ke ashtm adhyay mean bharatavarsh se uttar ke bhoo-bhag ko uttar kuru ke badale 'airavat' kaha gaya hai. jain sahity mean bhi yahi nam aya hai.
• dhritarashtr namak ek nag ka paitrik nam bhi airavat tha.
• kadruputr nagoan ko bhi airavat nam se pukara gaya hai.
• 'ira' ka arth jal hai, at: 'iravat' (samudr) se utpann hathi ko airavat nam diya gaya hai. sambhav hai ki paravarti bharatiy vanmay mean airavat nag ka sanbandh indr ke hathi airavat se jo d liya gaya.

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