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रौद्राश्व (raudrAzva)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
रौद्राश्व
m.
 (prob.
fr.
 रुद्राश्व)
N.
 of a son or a more distant descendant of Puru,
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
of a Ṛṣi,
Cat.
Mahabharata
English
Raudrāśva, a prince. § 150 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3695 (son of Pūru and Paushṭi), 3698 (begat on Miśrakeśī ten sons, Ṛceyu, etc.).
पुराणम्
English
रौद्राश्व १ / RAUDRĀŚVA I. A son born to the emperor pūru of his wife Pauṣṭī. raudrāśva had two brothers pravīra and īśvara.
Once raudrāśva fell in love with the celestial maid miśrakeśī. Mention is made in mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, that as a result of the married life of these two, ten archers beginning with anvagbhānu, were born.
रौद्राश्व २ / RAUDRĀŚVA II. A hermit who was the disciple of the hermit kātyāyana. Once Mahiṣāsura came in the guise of a beautiful woman to the hermitage of raudrāśva to hinder his penance. The hermit cursed Mahiṣāsura, “You will die because of a woman.” (kālikā purāṇa, Chapter 62).