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इन्द्रोत (indrota)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
इन्द्रोत॑
m.
 ‘upheld or promoted by Indra’,
N.
 of a teacher,
RV.
ŚBr.
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Indrota, a brahman, descendant of Śunaka. § 652 (Āpaddh.): XII, 150, 5595 (Śaunako vipraḥ).--§ 652b (IndrotaPārīkshitīya): XII, 150, 5601 (Śaunakaṃ)
152, 5672 (instructed king Janamejaya Pārikshit and assisted him in his horse-sacrifice).
पुराणम्
English
इन्द्रोत / INDROTA (indroda). A sage, son of śuka, the great sage, and also called śaunaka. janamejaya, son of King parīkṣit once killed a brahmin, and at once brahmahatyā (sin of having killed a brahmin) seized the King. The King lost all mental peace at this and sought the advice of many sages for redemption from the sin, and indrota (śaunaka) advised him to go on a pilgrimage and perform righteous duties (dharma). The King acted accordingly and got rid of the sin of killing the brahmin. This story occurs under the title Indrotapārikṣitīyam in śānti Parva in three chapters. (Chapters 150-152).
Vedic Reference
English
1. Indrota is twice mentioned in the Rigveda^1 in a Dānastuti
(‘Praise of Liberality’) as a giver of gifts. In the second passage
he has the epithet Ātithigva, which shows conclusively that he
was a son of Atithigva, as Ludwig^2 holds, and not of Ṛkṣa, as
Roth^3 states.
1) viii. 68, 10 et seq.
2) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 163.
3) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
Grassman
German
índrotá, indra-ūtá, a., von Indra unterstützt [ūta von av], im RV. m., Eigenname eines Sohnes des ṛ́kṣa.
-oté {677, 15}.
-aūté {677, 17}.