Q: _catur-daMsshTra_ and _sahisshNu_

[Patricia Meredith Greer]

You'll find one version in Shiva Rudra Purana 2.5.4-43.  Also Harivamsa
47.1-57.  
Patricia Greer
On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Cezary Zemis wrote:

> Dear Indologists,
> 
> In the _mahaabhaatata_ 13.135.28 (_visshNu-sahasra-naama-stotra_) there is
> a name: _catur-daMsshTra_. In his English translation K.M. Ganguli (New
> Delhi 1975:331) adds a comment: "which appeared on Him when He had assumed
> a human form with a lion's head f or slaying the Asura chief
> Hiranya-Kasipu". It sounds like a mythological explanation, but in the
> myth of _n.r-siMha_ _catur-daMsshTra_ can hardly be found. Can anyone help
> me to understand what has Ganguli meant?
> 
> My another question deals with the next stanza of MBh (13.135.29). There
> is a name: _sahisshNu_ which I cannot find in any available dictionary.
> Ganguli translates it: "He that does not bear or put up with those that
> are wicked (or, He that puts up with t he occasional transgressions of his
> devotees)" but it gives me no hint to find actual meaning of _sahisshNu_.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
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