कुबेर

Monier-Williams · kubera
kúbera or in later Sanskṛit kuvera m. (originally) N. of a chief of the evil beings or spirits or darkness having the N. Vaiśravaṇa AV. viii, 10, 28 ŚBr. &c ‖ (afterwards) the god of riches and treasure (regent of the northern quarter which is hence called kubera-guptā diś Kum. iii, 25) Mn. MBh. &c ‖ (he is regarded as the son of Viśravas by Iḍaviḍā BhP., the chief of the Yakshas, and a friend of Rudra ḥariv. 13131 ‖ he is represented as having three legs and only eight teeth ‖ with Jainas he is the attendant of the nineteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī) ‖ N. of a prince of Deva