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देवयानी (devayAnI)

 
Apte
English
देवयानी [dēvayānī],
N.
 of the daughter of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras. [She fell in love with Kacha, her father's pupil, but he rejected her advances. On this she cursed the youth, who in return cursed her that she should become the wife of a Kṣatriya (See कच.) Once upon a time Devayānī and her companion Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛiṣaparvan, the king of the Daityas, went to bathe keeping their clothes on the shore. But the god Wind changed their clothes, and when they were dressed they began to quarrel about the change until Śarmiṣṭhā, so far lost her temper that she, slapped Devayānī's face, and threw her into a well. There she remained until she was seen and rescued by Yayāti, who, with the consent of her father, married her, and Śarmiṣṭhā became her servant as a recompense for her insulting conduct towards her. Devayānī lived happily with Yayāti for some years and bore him two sons, Yadu and Turvasu. Subsequently her husband became enamoured of Śarmiṣṭhā, and Devayānī, feeling herself aggrieved, abruptly left her husband and went home to her father, who at her request condemned Yayāti with the infirmity of old age
see Yayāti also.]
Apte 1890
English
देवयानी N. of the daughter of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras. [She fell in love with Kaca, her father's pupil, but he rejected her advances. On this she cursed the youth, who in return cursed her that she should become the wife of a Kṣatriya
(see कच). Once upon a time Devayānī and her companion Śarmiṣṭhā
the daughter of Vṛshaparvan, the king of the Daityas, went to bathe keeping their clothes on the shore. But the god Wind changed their clothes, and when they were dressed they began to quarrel about the change until Śarmiṣṭhā so far lost her temper that she slapped Devayānī's face, and threw her into a well. There she remained until she was seen and rescued by Yayāti, who, with the consent of her father, married her, and Śarmiṣṭhā became her servant as a recompense for her insulting conduct towards her. Devayānī lived happily with Yayāti for some years and bore him two sons, Yadu and Turvasu. Subsequently her husband became enamoured of Śarmiṣṭhā, and Devayānī, feeling herself aggrieved, abruptly left her husband and went home to her father, who at her request condemned Yayāti with the infirmity of old age
see Yayāti also].
Monier Williams Cologne
English
देव—या॑नी (ई),
f.
N.
 of a daughter of Uśanas or Śukrācārya (wife of Yayāti and mother of Yadu and Turvasu),
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
of a wife of Skanda,
RTL.
 214.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
देवयानी
स्त्री*
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असुरगुरु शुक्राचार्य की पुत्री
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
देवयानी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಶುಕ್ರಾಚಾರ್ಯರ ಮಗಳು
प्रयोगाः - > "ययातिर्देवयान्यां तु पुत्रावजयन्नृपः । यदुञ्च तुर्वसुं चैव शक्रविष्णू इवापरौ ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > भा० आदि० ७७-१
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 देवयानी
noun
शुक्राचार्यस्य पत्नी।
"देवयान्याः विवाहः ययातिना सह अभवत्।"
Mahabharata
English
Devayānī, daughter of Uśanas (Śukra) and wife of Yayāti. § 143 (Nahusha): I, 75, 3159 (mother of Yadu and Turvasu). --§ 145 (Kaca): I, 76, 3186, 3197, 3198, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3212, (3213), 3222, 3226, †3229, (†3231), †3233, †3239, (†3240), †3241 (prevailed upon Uśanas to revive Kaca)
77, (3256), 3263, (3264), (3271), 3273, 3276 (Kaca would not accept her as his wife, because he, being a disciple of Uśanas, regarded her as his sister
D. then cursed Kaca).--§ 146: When Kaca had imparted to the gods the Sañjīvanī they set out with Indra at their head to defeat the Asuras. In a wood like Caitraratha, Indra transformed himself into wind and mixed up the clothes of some bathing maidens. A quarrel about the clothes resulted in D.'s being thrown into a well by Śarmishṭhā, the daughter of Vṛshaparvan. Yayāti found her and drew her up by her right hand, and then returned to his capital. Devayānī sent Ghūrṇikā to inform Śukra of what had passed (I, 78--79). Śukra threatened Vṛshaparvan that he would leave the Asuras, until Śarmishṭhā, together with 1, 000 maidens, was given to D. (I, 80). Surrounded by Śarmishṭhā and 2, 000 maidens, Devayānī one day again met Yayāti, who at her request received her in marriage from Śukra, and promised that he would never invite Śarmishṭhā to share his bed (I, 81): I, 78, 3284, 3285, (3285), 3290, (3297), 3302, (3303), 3307, (3309), 3314
79, 3319, 3321, (3326)
80, 3341, 3343, 3344, (3345), 3346, (3347), 3348, 3350, 3351, (3354), 3356, (3357)
81, 3359, 3363, 3364, (3367), (3370), (3373), (3375), 3376, (3377), (3379), (3382), (3385), 3386, (3388), 3392, 3395.-§ 147: Devayānī gave birth to a son. After 1, 000 years had elapsed, Śarmishṭhā attained to puberty and prevailed upon Yayāti to beget a son also with her (I, 82)
to Devayānī she said that she had born the child to a ṛshi whose name she had not dared to ask. The sons of Devayānī were Yadu and Turvasu, those of Śarmishṭhā were Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru. One day, when Devayānī was walking in the wood together with Yayāti, she met the children of Śarmishṭhā and asked them: “Who is your father?” They then pointed to Yayāti. Devayānī in anger withdrew to Uśanas, followed by Yayāti. Uśanas cursed Yayāti to be overcome by decrepitude, yet with the permission of transferring it to someone else, and he added that that son of Yayāti who would give him his own youth should succeed Yayāti on the throne, etc. (I, 83): I, 82, 3397, 3398, 3400, 3401, 3404, 3411, 3419
83, 3424, 3425, (3425), (3428), (3430), 3432, 3434, (3436), (3437), 3439, (3442), 3446, (3451), 3461.--§ 148 (Yayāti): I, 85, 3519 (ºyāḥ sutaṃ …Yaduṃ).--§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3761 (Uśanaso duhitā), 3762 (Yaduñ ca Turvasuñ caiva Dºī vyajāyata).--§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 149, 5045 (Yaduḥ …Dºyāḥ sutaḥ).--§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj., v. Yayāti): VII, 63, 2297 (wife of Yayāti).--§ 599e (Śini): VII, 144, 6030 (Yayāter Dºyān tu Yadur jyeshṭo 'bhavat sutaḥ). Cf. Auśanasī, Bhārgavī, Śukratanayā.
पुराणम्
English
देवयानी / DEVAYĀNĪ. Sukrācārya's daughter.1) Birth. Svāyambhuvamanu, son of brahmā had two sons: priyavrata and uttānapāda. priyavrata wedded surūpā and barhiṣmatī, two very beautiful daughters of Viśvakarmaprajāpati, and he had by surūpā ten sons called agnīdhra, Idhmajihvā, yajñabāhu, mahāvīra, Rukmasukra, ghṛtapṛṣṭha, savana, medhātithi, vītihotra and kavi as also a daughter called Ūrjasvatī who was the youngest of the whole lot. Of the above ten sons kavi, savana and mahāvīra were spiritual giants and great sages. uttama, Tāpasa and raivata, the three sons of priyavrata by his second wife barhiṣmatī turned out to be manvantarādhipatis. Ūrjasvatī, the only daughter of priyavrata was married to śukrācārya, preceptor of the asuras. devayānī was Śukrācārya's daughter by Ūrjasvatī. (devībhāgavata, Aṣṭama skandha).2) Curse by kaca. kaca, son of bṛhaspati became Śukrācārya's disciple to learn mṛtasañjīvanī vidyā (the science to ward off death for ever). devayānī fell madly in love with kaca. But, after his studies under her father were over kaca returned to devaloka without marrying devayānī, who cursed that Kaca's learning should prove useless. And, kaca cursed her in return that nobody from devaloka should marry her. (For details see kaca).3) devayānī in a neglected well. Once Vṛṣaparvan was the king of the asuras, and śukrācārya lived in his palace. śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of the king and devayānī, the daughter of śukrācārya became thick friends. While one day these two friends with their companions were engaged in water sports indra came that way. Very much interested in seeing the deva damsels thus engaged in water sports indra assumed the form of air and blew off the dresses of the damsels from the shore while they were playing in the river. The damsels hurriedly got out of water, ran after the fleeing garments and put on whatever came to their hands. In the confusion what śarmiṣṭhā got and wore was Devayānī's clothes. devayānī ran after śarmiṣṭhā and caught hold of the clothes, but the latter did not yield them to her. Both of them indulged in hot words against each other, śarmiṣṭhā calling śukrācārya a beggar living in her father's palace for his food. Not only that, she pushed devayānī into a neglected well and went her way.
At that time prince yayāti, son of nahuṣa, was hunting in that forest. Feeling very thirsty he came to the well for a drink and therein saw devayānī in tears. He brought her out from the well and leaving her there went on his way.
śukrācārya and his wife actually got anxious and upset that their daughter had not returned even after the lapse of so much time and deputed their servant Gurṇikā to seek for devayānī. She found her out in the forest. But, devayānī refused to return home as she did not want to continue as the daughter of one who lived on the charity of śarmiṣṭhā and her father. Gurṇikā carried back this news to śukrācārya, who then went himself to the forest and met his daughter. He felt deeply wounded to hear about the insults heaped on his daughter by śarmiṣṭhā, and sent word to Vṛṣaparvan that they were not returning to the palace. Vṛṣaparvan realised that if śukrācārya quarrelled with him the whole asura world also would become divided. He, therefore, tried his best to pacify the ācārya and his daughter. At last devayānī agreed to return to the palace in case śarmiṣṭhā went to her with one thousand of her maids to serve as her (Devayānī's) maids. Vṛṣaparvan acted accordingly and devayānī was satisfied and returned to the palace with her father. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 78 onwards.)4) Wedding of devayānī. Some time afterwards when devayānī was sporting in the forest with śarmiṣṭhā and others, King yayāti happened to pass that way. They recognised each other and devayānī requested yayāti to marry her as she had mentally chosen him as her husband on the very same day on which he had saved her from the well.
yayāti realised only too well that it was really dangerous to marry the daughter of śukrācārya in the forest secretly and he, therefore, rejected Devayānī's request. But, she got down her father there and with his permission yayāti married her. He also got much wealth by way of dowry. śarmiṣṭhā and her maids accompanied devayānī but Sukrācārya warned yayāti that on no account should he touch śarmiṣṭhā.
With his wife and her attendants yayāti returned to his palace
but he put śarmiṣṭhā and her maids in a place newly built for the purpose. devayānī delivered a child in due course and it was named yadu. śarmiṣṭhā one day met yayāti in the forest and requested for a child by him. Though at first he was reluctant to oblige remembering only too well the injunction of śukrācārya, he at last succumbed to the eloquence of śarmiṣṭhā. She got pregnant by him and the child she delivered was called druhyu.
devayānī was alarmed at the birth of a child to Śarmiṣṭha, who was unmarried, and questioned her about it. Śarmiṣṭhā's answer that a brahmin stranger, who came that way was the father of her child satisfied devayānī.
Ere long another son, turvasu, was born to devayānī, and śarmiṣṭhā too delivered two children called anudruhyu and pūru. Thus the mistress (devayānī) had two sons and her servant, śarmiṣṭhā three sons.
While yayāti and devayānī were one day strolling in the garden the sons of śarmiṣṭhā came there. She noticed the close resemblance of those boys to her husband (yayāti) and it kindled her wrath. Though yayāti did not, because of the presence of devayānī, notice the children, when she asked them who their father was, they answered “Yayāti”, whereupon in great rage she ran up to her father. yayāti too followed her. devayānī told her father about the infidelity of yayāti and he (śukra) cursed that yayāti be afflicted with old age. When yayāti asked for redumption from the curse śukrācārya told him that he could exchange his old age for the youth of somebody else.
yayāti then called together all his five sons and asked them whether anyone of them was prepared to exchange his (son's) youth for his (Yayāti's) old age for one thousand years. The three elder sons refused to agree to the proposal, but the fourth son pūru gladly exchanged his youth with his father's old age. After spending his life in youthful enjoyment for one thousand years yayāti returned his youth to pūru, and pūru assumed Kingship of the country. (Ādi Parva, Chapters 81-83).5) Synonyms for devayānī. Auśanasī, Śukratanayā and Bhārgavī.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
देवयानी,
स्त्री,
 शुक्राचार्य्यकन्या । सा ययातिराज-पत्नी । इति श्रीभागवतम् ॥
(पुरा किलबृहस्पतिपुत्त्रः कचो देवकार्य्यार्थं सञ्जीवन-विद्यार्थी असुरगुरुमुपागमत् । देवयानीयं तंयुवानं मनोहरञ्चावलोक्य तेन सङ्गता भवितुमि-येष । कचस्तु गुरुकन्यामेनां ज्ञात्वा पाणिमस्याग्रहीतुं न स्वीचकार । अस्मादेवासौ देवयानीप्राप्तविद्यंतं “न ते विद्या सिद्धिमेषा गमिष्यति”इति शशाप । कचस्तु निरपराधोऽपि शापाहतःक्रुद्धश्च “ऋषिपुत्त्रो न ते कश्चिज्जातु पाणिंग्रहीष्यति” इत्येनां शप्तवान् । अयमेवास्याब्राह्मणकन्याया अपि क्षत्त्रियपत्नीत्वे हेतुः ।अथ कदाचित् क्रीडन्तीनां कन्यानां वस्त्र-वैपरीत्यं जातम् । देवयानी स्वीयवस्त्रग्रह-णेन वृषपर्ब्बणोऽसुरराजस्य सुतां शर्म्मिष्ठांचुक्रोश । शर्म्मिष्ठा तु तदसहमाना तां कूप-मध्ये प्राक्षिपत् । अथ गच्छति काले ययाति-र्मृगयां गतस्तृषार्तो जलमन्विष्यन् तत्रैवकूपसमीपमागत्य देवयानीं तन्मध्यस्थां दृष्ट्वातस्या दक्षिणं पाणिं गृहीत्वा उत्थापयामास ।अथ देवयानी कूपात् मुक्ता पितृसमीप-मागत्य सर्व्वं विज्ञापितवती । अथ शुक्रे क्रोधा-दसुरराज्यात् गन्तुमुद्यते वृषपर्व्वासुरराजःस्वीयकन्यां शर्म्मिष्ठां कन्यासहस्रपरिवृतां परि-चारकत्वेन प्रदाय स्वगुरुन्तं देवयानीञ्च प्रसा-दयामास । अथ कदाचित् देवयानी पित्र-नुज्ञया नाहुषं ययातिं पतित्वेन स्वीकृत्य तेनसह विजहार । अस्याः पुत्त्रौ द्बौ यदुस्तुर्व्वसुश्च ।गच्छति काले देवयानी राज्ञा सह वनं गत्वात्रीनपरान् कुमारान् क्रीडतस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा नृपौ-रसात् शर्म्मिष्ठागर्भे जातांश्च तान् विज्ञाय क्रोध-परवशा पितृसमीपं प्रस्थितवती । शुक्रस्तु दुहि-तरमवमानितां विदित्य राजानं जरया योजया-मास ॥
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वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
देवयानी स्त्री शुक्राचार्यस्य कन्यायां सा हि कचशापात्क्षत्रियेन ययातिनोढा तत्कथा भा० आ० ७५ । ७७ अ० ।“देवयान्याश्च संयोगं ययातेर्नाहुषस्य च” । देवयानीञ्चदयितां सुतां तस्य महात्मनः । देवयान्यामजायेतां यदु-स्तुर्वसुरेव च” ७५ अ० ।