Occurrences
Atharvaveda (Śaunaka)
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa
Mahābhārata
Matsyapurāṇa
Nāradasmṛti
Viṣṇupurāṇa
Kathāsaritsāgara
Skandapurāṇa
Atharvaveda (Śaunaka)
AVŚ, 8, 8, 3.2 tājadbhaṅga iva bhajantāṃ hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ //
AVŚ, 8, 8, 4.1 paruṣān amūn paruṣāhvaḥ kṛṇotu hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ /
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa
ŚBM, 5, 4, 5, 14.2 dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsarasya sarvaṃ vai saṃvatsaraḥ sarveṇaivainam etad dīkṣayati yāni puṇḍarīkāṇi tāni divo rūpaṃ tāni nakṣatrāṇāṃ rūpaṃ ye vadhakāste 'ntarikṣasya rūpaṃ yāni bisāni tānyasyai tadenameṣu lokeṣvadhi dīkṣayati //
Mahābhārata
MBh, 12, 35, 5.1 avakīrṇī bhaved yaśca dvijātivadhakastathā /
MBh, 12, 35, 6.2 śūdrastrīvadhako yaśca pūrvaḥ pūrvastu garhitaḥ //
Matsyapurāṇa
MPur, 123, 22.1 na tatra vadhyavadhakau nerṣyāsūyā bhayaṃ tathā /
Nāradasmṛti
NāSmṛ, 2, 1, 141.1 stenāḥ sāhasikāś caṇḍāḥ kitavā vadhakās tathā /
NāSmṛ, 2, 14, 25.1 grāmeṣv anveṣaṇaṃ kuryuś caṇḍālavadhakādayaḥ /
Viṣṇupurāṇa
ViPur, 2, 4, 79.1 adhamottamau na teṣvāstāṃ na vadhyavadhakau dvija /
Kathāsaritsāgara
KSS, 1, 3, 39.1 vadhakān sthāpayitvā ca devīgarbhagṛhāntare /
KSS, 1, 3, 43.1 evamastviti tattasmādgṛhītvā vadhakā gatāḥ /
KSS, 1, 5, 74.1 kiṃ hi tatra na santyeva vadhakā guptagāminaḥ /
KSS, 2, 2, 173.1 nivārya vadhakānso 'tha mantrī vijñapya bhūpatim /
KSS, 3, 5, 85.2 avadhīd vadhakāṃstāṃśca labdhvā saha rumaṇvatā //
KSS, 3, 6, 19.2 andhībabhūvur vadhakāḥ punar āropaṇodyatāḥ //
Skandapurāṇa
SkPur, 25, 42.2 namo vo vadhakebhyaśca avadhyebhyas tathaiva ca //