कंस (kaMsa)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 कंस m.
  (-सः) A proper name
 KANSA king of Mathura the uncle and
enemy of KRISHNA,  by whom he was slain
 as the foe of the
deity,  he is considered an Asura or demon. 
	 mn.  (-सः-सं)
	 1. A goblet, 
a drinking vessel
 also कंश and कांस्य.
	 2. A metal,  tutanag or
white copper
 also bell metal.
	 3. A measure.
 E.
  कमु to desire,  स
Unadi aff.
  

Capeller Eng

English

 कंस॑ m.
  a vessel made of metal
 metal,  brass (also n.
 )
 N.
 
of a myth. king slain by Kṛṣṇa. 

Yates

English

 कंस (सः) 1.
m.
  Idem.  Krishna's un-
cle
 tutanag,  an alloy of tin and
copper
 a measure.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
चषक 	-	 caSaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कपाटिका 	-	 kapATikA 	-	 f.
  	-	 cupboard  [ shelf ]
प्रथमम् अर्धचषकमितं जलं चुल्लिकायाः उपरि सम्यक् क्वथयतु 	-	 prathamamardhacaSakamitaMjalaMcullikAyAHuparisamyakkvathayatu 	-	 sent.
  	-	 Firstboilhalf-a-cupofwateronstove-topwell.
अद्य प्रभाते पञ्चवादने एकं चषकं काफीं एव पीतवान् 	-	 adyaprabhAtepaJcavAdaneekaMcaSakaMkAphIMevapItavAn 	-	 sent.
  	-	 AllIhadwasacupofcoffeeinthemorningat5o'clock
करोटि 	-	  karoTi 	-	 f.
  	-	 cup
पात्रिका 	-	  pAtrikA 	-	 f.
  	-	 cup
धिषणा 	-	  dhiSaNA 	-	 f.
  	-	 cup
कंसक 	-	  kaMsaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कपालक 	-	  kapAlaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
करोट 	-	  karoTa 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कर्पर 	-	  karpara 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कांशि 	-	  kAMzi 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कोश 	-	  koza 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कपाल 	-	  kapAla 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	 cup
भाण्डक 	-	  bhANDaka 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	 cup
पानभाण्ड 	-	  pAnabhANDa 	-	 n.
  	-	 cup
काचभाजन 	-	  kAcabhAjana 	-	 n.
  	-	 cup
पान 	-	  pAna 	-	 n.
  	-	 cup
पानपात्र 	-	  pAnapAtra 	-	 n.
  	-	 cup

कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket
कोष्ठक 	-	 koSThaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket  [ computer ]
बाणावरण 	-	 bANAvaraNa 	-	 n.
  	-	 anglebracket  [ computer ]
कोणकोष्ठक 	-	 koNakoSThaka 	-	 n.
  	-	 anglebracket  [ computer ]
कोणावरण 	-	 koNAvaraNa 	-	 n.
  	-	 anglebracket  [ computer ]
विवध 	-	  vivadha 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket  [ ceiling,  wall ]
अभिवार 	-	  abhivAra 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket
भित्ति - विवध 	-	  bhitti - vivadha 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket  [ wall ]
आवरण 	-	  AvaraNa 	-	 n.
  	-	 bracket
शालार 	-	  zAlAra 	-	 n.
  	-	 bracket
अभिवारौ 	-	  abhivArau 	-	 m.
  dual 	-	 brackets
अभिवारयुग्म 	-	  abhivArayugma 	-	 n.
  	-	 brackets
गोलाभिवार 	-	  golAbhivAra 	-	 m.
  	-	  parentheses  [ round brackets ]
गोलाभिवार 	-	  golAbhivAra 	-	 m.
  	-	  round brackets
निर्यूह 	-	  niryUha 	-	 n.
  	-	  peg or bracket
कोणाभिवार 	-	  koNAbhivAra 	-	 m.
  	-	  square brackets
मत्तवारण 	-	  mattavAraNa 	-	 n.
  	-	  peg or bracket projecting from a wall
इन्द्रकोश 	-	  indrakoza 	-	 m.
  	-	  pin or bracket projecting from the wall
इन्द्रकोष 	-	  indrakoSa 	-	 m.
  	-	  pin or bracket projecting from the wall
इन्द्रकोषक 	-	  indrakoSaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  pin or bracket projecting from the wall

कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	 cup
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	 bracket
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	  drinking vessel
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
  	-	  dish
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  metal
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  tutanag or white copper
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  vessel made of metal
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  brass
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  goblet
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  bell-metal
कंस 	-	 kaMsa 	-	 m.
 n.
  	-	  particular measure

Wilson

English

 कंस
m.
  (-सः) A proper name
 KAṂSA king of Mathura the uncle
and enemy of KṚṢṆA,  by whom he was slain
 as the foe of the deity,  he is
considered an Asura or demon. 
mn.  (-सः-सं)
1 A goblet,  a drinking vessel
 also कंश and कांस्य.
2 A metal,  tutanag or white copper
 also bell metal.
3 A measure.
E.
  कमु to desire,  सः Uṇādi aff.
  

Apte

English

कंसः [kaṃsḥ] सम् [sam],  सम् 1 A drinking vessel,  cup,  can,  goblet
 उदुम्बरे कंसे चमसे वा सर्वौषधं फलानीति संभृत्य Bṛi. Up.*
   6.3.1.

Bell-metal,  white copper. किं यत्तद्देवदत्तः कंसपात्र्यां पाणि- नौदनं भुङ्क्ते Mbh. on P.
 I.3.1.

A particular measure known as आढक,  q. v. 

सः N.
  of a king of Mathurā,  son of Ugrasena and enemy of Kriṣṇa.  [He is identified with the Asura Kālanemi,  and acted inimically towards Kṛiṣṇa and became his implacable foe. The circumstance which made him so was the following. While,  after the marriage of Devakī with Vasudeva,  he was driving the happy pair home,  a heavenly voice warned Kaṁsa that the eighth child of Devakī would kill him.  Thereupon he threw both of them into prison,  loaded them with strong fetters,  and kept the strictest watch over them.  He took from Devakī every child as soon as it was born and slew it,  and in this way he disposed of her first six children.  But the 7th and 8th,  Balarāma and Kṛiṣṇa,  were safely conveyed to Nanda's house in spite of his vigilance,  and Kṛiṣṇa grew up to be his slayer according to the prophecy. When Kaṁsa heard this,  he was very much enraged and sent several demons to kill Kṛiṣṇa,  who killed them all with ease. At last he sent Akrūra to bring the boys to Mathurā. A severe duel was fought between Kaṁsa and Kṛiṣṇa,  in which the former was slain by the latter.] cf.
   कंसं जघान कृष्णः which is an answer to the query कं संज- घान कृष्णः ।

Anything metallic.

Fire. -सा N.
  of a daughter of Ugrasena and sister of Kaṁsa.  Comp.
   -अरिः,  अरातिः,  जित्,  कृष्,  द्विष्,  हन् m.
  'slayer of Kaṁsa,  i. e Kṛiṣṇa
 स्वयं सन्धिकारिणा कंसारिणा दूतेन Ve.*
  1
-अस्थि n.
  Bell mental. -उद्भवा A fragrant earth.-कारः (-री f.
 )

a mixed tribe
 कंसकारशङ्खकारौ ब्राह्मणात्सं- बभूवतुः Śabdak.

a worker in pewter or whitebrass,  a bell-founder,  -कृषः Vāsudeva Śrikṛṣṇa
 निषेदिवान् कंसकृषः स विष्टरे Śi.*
  1.16. -माक्षिकम् a metallic substance in large grains
 a sort of pyrites. -वणिक् m.
  a brazier or seller of brass vessels. -वधः,  -हननम् the slaying of Kaṁsa.  कंसवधमाचष्टे कंसं घातयति Mbh. on P.
 III.1.26. -वधम् N.
  of a drama by Śeṣakriṣṇa

Apte 1890

English

 कंसः 
सं 1 A drinking vessel,  cup,  can,  goblet. 
2 Bell-metal,  white copper. 
3 A particular measure known as आढक,  q. v. 
सः N. of a king of Mathurā,  son of Ugrasena and enemy of Kṛṣṇa. [He is identified with the Asura Kālanemi,  and acted inimically towards Kṛṣṇa and became his implacable foe. The circumstance which made him so was the following. While,  after the marriage of Devakī with Vasudeva,  he was driving the happy pair home,  a heavenly voice warned Kaṃsa that the eighth child of Devakī would kill him. Thereupon he threw both of them into prison,  loaded them with strong fetters,  and kept the strictest watch over them. He took from Devakī every child as soon as it was born and slew it,  and in this way he disposed of her first six children. But the 7th and 8th,  Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa,  were safely conveyed to Nanda's house in spite of his vigilance,  and Kṛṣṇa grew up to be his slayer according to the prophecy. When Kaṃsa heard this,  he was very much enraged and sent several demons to kill Kṛṣṇa,  but he killed them all with ease. At last he sent Akrūra to bring the boys to Mathurā. A severe duel was fought between Kaṃsa and Kṛṣṇa,  in which the former was slain by the latter]. 
सा N. of a daughter of Ugrasena and sister of Kaṃsa. 
Comp. 
अरिः,  अरातिः,  जित्,  कृष्,  द्विष्,  हन् m. ‘slayer of Kaṃsa,  i. e. Kṛṣṇa
 स्वयं संधिकारिणा कंसारिणा दूतेन Ve. 1
 निषेदिवान् कंसकृषः स विष्टरे Śi. 1. 16. 
अस्थि n. bell-metal. 
उद्भवा a fragrant earth. 
कारः (री f.) {1} a mixed tribe
 कंसकारशंखकारौ ब्राह्मणात्संबभूवतुः Śabdak. {2} a worker in pewter or white-brass,  a bell-founder. 
माक्षिकं a metallic substance in large grains,  a sort of pyrites. 
वणिक् m. a brazier or seller of brass vessels. 
वधः 
हननं the slaying of Kaṃsa. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 कंस॑ अस्,  अम्,  m.
  n.
  (√ कम्,  Uṇ.
  iii,  62),  a vessel made of metal,  drinking vessel,  cup,  goblet,  AV.
   x,  10,  5
 AitBr.
  
 ŚBr.
   &c.
  

 (a noun ending in अस् followed by कंस in a compound does not change its final cf.
   अयस्-कंस,  &c.
  ,  Pāṇ.
  viii,  3,  46)

 a particular measure (=  two Āḍhakas,  Car.
 
 =
  one Āḍhaka,  L.
 )

 a metal,  tutanag or white copper,  brass,  bell-metal

 कंस॑ (अस्),  m.
  N.
  of a king of Mathurā (son of Ugra-sena and cousin of the Devakī who was mother of Kṛṣṇa [Ugra-sena being brother of Devaka,  who was father of Devakī]
 he is usually called the uncle,  but was really a cousin of Kṛṣṇa,  and became his implacable enemy because it had been prophesied to Kaṃsa that he would be killed by a child of Devakī
 as the foe of the deity he is identified with the Asura Kālanemi
 and,  as he was ultimately slain by Kṛṣṇa,  the latter receives epithets like कंस-जित्,  conqueror of Kaṃsa,  &c.
  ),  MBh.
  
 VP.
  
 BhP.
   &c.
  

 N.
  of a place g. तक्षशिलादि,  Pāṇ.
  iv,  3,  93

Monier Williams 1872

English

 कंस कंस,  अस्,  अम्,  m. n. (said to be fr. rt.
2. कम्
 according to others fr. the last),  a vessel
made of metal,  a drinking vessel,  a cup,  a goblet (a
noun ending in अस् followed by कंस in a compound
does not change its final,  e. g. अयस्-कंस,  पयस्-
कंस,  &c.)
 a particular measure
 a metal,  tutanag
or white copper,  brass,  bell-metal
 cf. कंसास्थि and
कांस्य
 (अस्),  m.,  N. of a king of Mathurā,  son of
Ugra-sena and cousin of the Devakī who was mother
of Kṛṣṇa,  (Ugra-sena being brother of Devaka,  who
was father of Devakī.) He is usually called the uncle, 
but was really a cousin of Kṛṣṇa,  and became his
implacable enemy because it had been prophesied to
him that he would be killed by a child of Devakī
(Vish. Pur. p. 493)
 as the foe of the deity he is
identified with the Asura Kālanemi
 and,  as he was
ultimately slain by Kṛṣṇa,  the latter receives epithets
like कंस-जित्,  the conqueror of Kaṃsa,  &c.
 (आ),  f.
N. of a daughter of Ugra-sena and sister of Kaṃsa.
—कंस-कार,  अस्,  ई,  m. f. a worker in pewter or
white brass,  a bell-founder,  considered as an inter-
mediate caste.
—कंस-जित्,  त्,  m. an epithet of
Kṛṣṇa,  the conqueror of Kaṃsa.
—कंस-बणिज्,  क्, 
m. a brazier or seller of brass vessels.
—कंस-
बध,  अस्,  m. the slaying of Kṛṣṇa
 title of a
comedy of Śeṣa-Kṛṣṇa.
—कंस-माक्षिक,  अम्, 
n. a metallic substance in large grains,  a sort of
pyrites.
—कंस-यज्ञ,  अस्,  m. a particular sacrifice.
—कंस-वती,  f.,  N. of a daughter of Ugra-sena and
sister of Kaṃsa and Kaṃsā.
—कंस-हन्,  आ,  m. an
epithet of Kṛṣṇa,  the destroyer of Kaṃsa.
—कंस-
हनन,  अम्,  n. the slaying of Kaṃsa.
—कंसाराति
(°स-अर्°),  इस्,  or कंसारि (°स-अरि),  इस्,  m. epithet
of Kṛṣṇa,  the enemy of Kaṃsa.
—कंसास्थि (°स-
अस्°),  इ,  n. tutanag,  white copper,  any alloy of tin and
copper.
—कंसोद्भवा (°स-उद्°),  f. a fragrant earth.

Macdonell

English

 कंस kaṃsá,  m.
  goblet
 m.
  n.
  brass
 m.
  N. 🞄of a king slain by Kṛṣṇa
 -kṛṣ,  -śatru,  -niṣūdana,  -ari,  m.
  ep. of Kṛṣṇa. 

Benfey

English

 कंस कंस, 
 I. m.
  A proper name, 
MBh. 1,  357.
 II. f.
  सा,  A proper
name,  Hariv. 2029.
 III. m.
  n.
  Bell
metal.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

कंसः
पुं*
  - कंस्-अ
"जल पीने का पात्र,  प्याला,  कटोरा"

कंसः
पुं*
  - कंस्-अ
"काँसा ,  सफेद ताँबा"

कंसः
पुं*
  - कंस्-अ
‘आढक’ नाम की एक विशेष माप

कंसम्
नपुं*
   - कंस्-अ
"जल पीने का पात्र,  प्याला,  कटोरा"

कंसम्
नपुं*
   - कंस्-अ
"काँसा ,  सफेद तांबा"

कंसम्
नपुं*
   - कंस्-अ
‘आढक’ नाम की एक विशेष माप

कंसः
पुं*
  - कंस्-अ
"मथुरा का राजा,  उग्रसेन का पुत्र,  कृष्ण का शत्रु"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

कंस
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः / नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಪಾನಪಾತ್ರೆ /ಕುಡಿಯುವ ಪಾತ್ರೆ /ಲೋಟ ಬಟ್ಟಲು ಮುಂತಾದುದು
निष्पत्तिः - > कमु (कान्तौ) - "सः"(उ० ३-६२)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > कम्यते
विस्तारः - > "कंसोऽस्त्री पानभाजनम्" - अम० ।
कंस
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः / नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕಾಂಸ್ಯಲೋಹ /ಕಂಚು
कंस
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः / नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಆಢಕವೆಂಬ ಒಂದು ಅಳತೆ /ಒಂದು ಕೊಳಗ
कंस
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಉಗ್ರಸೇನನ ಮಗ ಕಂಸ /ದೇವಕಿಯ ದೊಡ್ಡಪ್ಪನ ಮಗ

L R Vaidya

English

 kaMsa {% (I) m.n. %} 1. A drinking-vessel,  a cup
 2. a particular measure known as आढक
 3. bell-metal.

 kaMsa {% (II) m. %} Name of a king of Mathurā. (See App. II.)

Lanman

English

 kaṃsá,  m. metallic vessel
 as collective, 
metallic implements.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 कंस m. auch N. pr. eines ekādaśāṅgin,  Vardhamānac. 1,  48.

 कंस m. ein best. °Längenmaß,  Kauṭ. 106,  6 v.u.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

khar phor
कंसिका / कांशिका / कंस / कांस

mkhar
१) कंस २) कांस्य ३) कुटी ४) कोट ५) कोट्ट ६)

mkhar lder
१) कंस २) कांस्य

mkhar ba
१) कंस २) कंसक ३) दण्ड

khar ba
१) कंस २) कंसास्थि ३) दण्ड ४) यष्टि

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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मधुधेनुकचाणूरपूतनायमलार्जुनाः ॥ २१९ ॥
कालनेमिहयग्रीवशकटारिष्टकैटभाः ।
कंसः केशिमुरौ साल्वमैन्दद्विविदराहवः ॥ २२० ॥
हिरण्यकशिपुर्वाणः कालियो नरको बलिः ।
शिशुपालश्चास्य वध्या वैनतेयस्तु वाहनम् ॥ २२१ ॥
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विष्णुवध्य (पुं),  मधु (पुं),  धेनुक (पुं),  चाणूर (पुं),  पूतना (स्त्री),  यमल (पुं),  अर्जुन (पुं),  कालनेमि (पुं),  हयग्रीव (पुं),  शकट (पुं),  अरिष्ट (पुं),  कैटभ (पुं),  कंस (पुं),  केशिन् (पुं),  मुर (पुं),  साल्व (पुं),  मैन्द (पुं),  द्विविद (पुं),  राहु (पुं),  हिरण्यकशिपु (पुं),  बाण (पुं),  कालिय (पुं),  नरक (पुं),  बलि (पुं),  शिशुपाल (पुं),  विष्णुवाहन (क्ली),  वैनतेय (पुं)

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शालाजीरो वर्धमानः शरावः कोशिका पुनः ।
मल्लिका चषकः कंसः पारी स्यात्पानभाजनम् ॥ १०२४ ॥
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शालाजीर (पुं),  वर्धमान (पुंक्ली),  शराव (पुंक्ली),  कोशिका (स्त्री),  मल्लिका (स्त्री),  चषक (पुंक्ली),  कंस (पुंक्ली),  पारी (स्त्री),  पानभाजन (क्ली)

Mahabharata

English

Kaṃsa,  son of Ugrasena,  king of Mathurā,  enemy of Kṛshṇa. § 10 (Anukram.): I,  2,  357 (ºvadhaḥ,  related in Harivaṃśa). --§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I,  67,  2703 (Ugrasenasutaḥ,  incarnation of the Asura Kālanemi).--§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II,  14,  594 (married Asti and Prāpti,  the daughters of Jarāsandha),  598 (Kaṃsa and [his brother]
Sunāman were slain by Kṛshṇa and Balarāma),  610 (ºbhāryā,  the widow of K. urged Jarāsandha to attack Mathurā).--§ 275 (do.): II,  19,  761 (nihate Vāsudevena tadā Kºe).--§ 276 (do.): II,  20,  768 (hataḥ).--§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II,  41,  1443 (yasya cānena--i.e. by Kṛshṇa--dharmajña bhuktam annaṃ balīyasaḥ sa cānena hataḥ Kºḥ).--§ 298 (Dyūtap.): II,  62,  2100 (the Andhakas,  the Yādavas,  and the Bhojas abandoned K.,  who was then slain by Kṛshṇa).--§ 549f (Durgā): IV,  6,  180 (ºvidrāvaṇakarīṃ,  sc. Durgā).--§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V,  68,  2526 (all. to his slaughter).--§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V,  128,  4296 (Ugrasenasutaḥ Kºḥ parityaktaḥ svabāndhavaih …mayā--i.e. by Kṛshṇa--hataḥ),  4298
 130,  4411 (nihataḥ).--§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V,  160,  5470 (ºbhṛtye,  sc. Kṛshṇa).--§ 580 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  59,  †2609 (tyaktas tu Kºo Yadubhiḥ).--§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII,  11,  387 (Jarāsandhena pālitaḥ…Kṛshṇena pātitaḥ),  388 (Sunāmā…bhrātā Kºsya).--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX,  61,  3414 (ºdāsadāyāda,  sc. Kṛshṇa).--§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII,  340,  12954 (Nārāyaṇa will be incarnate as Kṛshṇa in order to slay K.).--§ 768 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,  148,  6926 (kadanaṃ cakāra Kºsya…Puṇḍarīkākshaḥ,  i.e. Kṛshṇa).--§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV,  69,  2031 (nihato mayā,  i.e. by Kṛshṇa).--§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI,  6,  158 (ºñ ca vikramya,  sc. Kṛshṇa).--§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII,  5,  163 (among those who after death entered the deities). Cf. Bhojarāja,  Ugrasenasuta.

पुराणम्

English

कंस १ / KAṀSA I. Son of ugrasena,  King of mathurā,  and an incarnation of an asura called kālanemi.1) Genealogy.   Descending in order from viṣṇu: BrahmāAtri-candra-budha-purūravas-āyus-nahuṣa-YayātiYadu-sahasrajit-śatajit-hehaya-dharma-kunti (Kuni)bhadrasena-dhanaka-Kṛtavīra-kārtavīryārjuna-MadhuVṛṣṇi-yudhājit-śini-Sātyaka-sātyaki (yuyudhāna)Yaya-Kuni-anamitra-pṛśni-citraratha-kukura-VahniViloma-Kapotaroman (Kapotaloman)-tumburu-dundubhi-daridra-vasu-Nāhuka-āhuka-ugrasena-kaṁsa.2) kaṁsa,  an incarnation of kālanemi.   In the svāyambhuvamanvantara marīci had a wife named ūrṇā and they had six mighty and powerful sons. One day they ridiculed brahmā saying ‘A father who has married his won daughter’ (brahmā married sarasvatī,  his own daughter). brahmā became angry and cursed them to be born as demons on earth. All the six sons were,  therefore,  born as sons of a demon called kālanemi on earth. In their next birth they were born as sons of hiraṇyakaśipu. They led a pious life and pleased at this brahmā asked them what boon they wanted and they demanded that they should not be killed by anybody. Their father,  hiraṇyakaśipu,  did not like his sons getting a boon behind his back and so he cursed his sons “May you all six go to pātāla (nether-world) and sleep there for a long time under the name of ṣaḍarbhakas. The sons begged for relief and hiraṇyakaśipu said that they would after sleeping for a long time be born to devakī,  wife of vasudeva,  as their children and that kālanemi,  their father in their previous birth would then be born as kaṁsa and kill the children of devakī by striking their heads on the ground.
Accordingly kālanemi was born as kaṁsa and he killed the six children of devakī by striking them on the ground. (skandha 4,  devī bhāgavata).
The 10th skandha of bhāgavata states “killing kālanemi born as Kaṁsa” when it refers to the killing of kaṁsa.3) Another story regarding the birth of kaṁsa.   kaṁsa was not actually the son of ugrasena. It was nārada who revealed to kaṁsa the story of his birth. It is as follows.
Once when the wife of ugrasena was in her menses she went to the garden with her companions. Then a gandharva named Dramila disguised as ugrasena went to her but she knew the trick and cursed him that he would go to hell. But Dramila committed rape on her and then left the place making her pregnant. When the child was born Ugrasena's wife greatly hated the child got of an evil deed and cursed it saying that the child would be killed by a member of the family of ugrasena. Thus kaṁsa was the son born to the wife of ugrasena by the gandharva,  Dramila. It was because kaṁsa was aware of it that he behaved very badly to ugrasena and kṛṣṇa. (10th skandha,  bhāgavata).4) How kaṁsa got Mathurāpurī.   In olden times there was a famous place called madhuvana in the river-base of kālindī. The place got the name of madhuvana because the demon madhu was residing there.  madhu had a son named lavaṇa. lavaṇa was a very wicked demon always ill-treating the devas. śatrughna,  son of daśaratha,  killed him and lived there establishing a beautiful kingdom there. He named that place mathurā. After the death of śatrughna two of his sons ruled that country. Then when the sūrya dynasty became extinct the city of mathurā came into the possession of the yadu dynasty. It was ruled then by a very brave and valiant ruler named śūrasena. vasudeva father of śrī kṛṣṇa was the son of śūrasena. After the death of śūrasena another King of the yādava dynasty,  ugrasena,  became the ruler of the place,  vasudeva accepting cow-rearing as his profession. kaṁsa became King keeping ugrasena as a prisoner. (skandha 4,  devī bhāgavata).5) vasudeva and devakī are imprisoned.   vasudeva married devakī daughter of ugrasena and sister,  of kaṁsa. kaṁsa pleased with his sister presented her with a chariot. kaṁsa,  vasudeva and devakī ascended the chariot and kaṁsa himself drove the chariot. Then from an unknown source above came a voice which said “Oh King,  know thou this and from this moment chalk out thy plans for the future. The eighth son of your sister will kill you for certain. You will be no match against him.” (Chapter 1,  bhāgavata 10th skandha).
Hearing this voice from heaven kaṁsa got furious and dragging his sister by the hair raised his sword to kill her. vasudeva then pleaded weeping not to kill devakī. Only the eighth child of devakī was going to kill him. vasudeva would hand over all the children to him as soon as they were born. Such arguments pacified kaṁsa and he left off devakī without hurting her.
devakī delivered a son. He grew up under the name of kīrtimān and one day nārada visited kaṁsa and told him that he was the incarnation of an asura named kālanemi and the son who would be born to devakī to kill him was nārāyaṇa. kaṁsa,  blind with fury,  killed kīrtimān by striking him on the earth and imprisoned both devakī and vasudeva.6) man-hunt of kaṁsa.   pralamba,  cāṇūra,  tṛṇāvarta,  muṣṭika,  ariṣṭaka,  keśī,  dhenuka,  agha,  vivida and pūtanā were born in the asura family as servants of kaṁsa. He sent them to different sides of the country to torment the Yādavas. Many Yādavas left the place. Even Kaṁsa's father ugrasena,  a great devotee of viṣṇu was teased.
In the meantime devakī delivered six sons including kīrtimān and all of them were killed by kaṁsa by smashing their heads against the ground below. The seventh foetus of devakī was aborted. (Instructed by Mahāviṣṇu,  Māyādevī invoked the seventh foetus of devakī and transferred it to the womb of rohiṇī another wife of vasudeva. The child thus born to Rohinī was saṅkarṣaṇa or Balabhadrarāmā. Mahāviṣṇu then entered the womb of devakī instructing Māyādevī to enter that of yaśodā,  wife of nandagopa of Ambāḍi at the same time. śrī kṛṣṇa was then born in the figure of viṣṇu. The watchmen were sleeping. Following directions from the new-born child vasudeva took the child to Gokula and leaving the child there brought back the child of yaśodā and placed it near devakī. When the watchmen awoke and knew about the delivery of devakī they immediately ran to kaṁsa to tell  him. Boiling with rage kaṁsa rushed to the side of devakī and taking the child by the legs raised it for smashing it against the ground. The child to the frightened dis may of kaṁsa slipped from his hand and rising up in the air said “Hi,  ill-mannered wicked kaṁsa,  do not waste your valour on women. Your killer has already been born on earth. Do search for him quickly.”
kaṁsa went pale with fright on hearing this and went away to his palace.7) Conspiracy of kaṁsa.   The thought that his killer was born somewhere made him restless. He let off vasudeva and devakī finding them innocent. Then he sat sadly pondering over the future. The courtiers then advised him to kill all the children who had been born within the past ten days and that would include the killer also. kaṁsa accordingly sent to different parts of the country his secret agents to kill all children,  ten days old.
During this campaign pūtanā,  śakaṭa,  tṛṇāvarta,  ariṣṭaka and keśī tried to kill śrī kṛṣṇa also but kṛṣṇa killed them all easily. For details see under each head separately. (10th skandha,  bhāgavata).8) kaṁsa is slain.   ariṣṭaka was one of the prominent Asuras sent to kill kṛṣṇa. He attacked kṛṣṇa in the form of an ox. śrī kṛṣṇa killed it without any difficulty. nārada who saw this incident informed kaṁsa about it adding that kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were the sons of vasudeva only and the child who slipped out of his hands was the child of Yasodā. kaṁsa got furious and he again imprisoned vasudeva and devakī and brought to mathurā śrī kṛṣṇa and balabhadrarāma and started thinking of ways and means to kill them. kaṁsa arranged to conduct a grand celebration of Āyudhapūjā (worship of the weapons) and invited kṛṣṇa and Balarāma for the same among many other gopas from Ambāḍi. He sent his chariot with akrūra to fetch kṛṣṇa and Balarāma from Ambāḍi. akrūra privately informed kṛṣṇa of the bad intentions of kaṁsa. nandagopa and many others from Ambāḍi started for mathurā. When śrī kṛṣṇa and balabhadrarāma started their journey in the chariot the gopas and gopikās assembled there cried loudly. Some blamed akrūra.
kṛṣṇa and Balarāma reached mathurā. There they slew a huge wild elephant and the five Asuras,  cāṇūra,  muṣṭika,  kūṭa,  śala and kosala whom kaṁsa had kept ready to kill kṛṣṇa and rāma. Sitting on a platform watching this,  kaṁsa became frightened and restless and roared with rage thus “The sons of nandagopa should be instantly sent away from this palace. All their wealth and all that of the gopas should be confiscated. Bind with ropes the rogue nandagopa,  and kill the wicked vasudeva. Throw my father,  ugrasena,  into the river kālindī bound hand and foot. Even a father should be killed if he was a relative of one's enemy.”
śrī kṛṣṇa and Balarāma boiled with rage when they heard the orders of kaṁsa and kṛṣṇa,  jumping on to the platform pushed kaṁsa down and jumping down along with him killed him. (10th skandha,  bhāgavata).9) Other details.  (i)  kaṁsa had married the two daughters of jarāsandha named Asti and prāpti. (10th skandha,  bhāgavata). (ii)  kaṁsa was a fierce bow-man. All the kings hated him. kaṁsa kept under him a crore of fighting men. He had eight lakhs of charioteers and an equal number of elephants. His army contained thirtytwo lakhs of horses. (Dākṣinātyapāṭha
 M.B.,  Sabhā Parva,  Chapter 38).

कंस २ / KAṀSA II. mahābhārata mentions another kaṁsa who was also killed by kṛṣṇa. But he was not the son of ugrasena. (M.B. Sabhā Parva,  Dākṣiṇātyapāṭha,  Page 825).

Vedic Reference

English

 Kaṃsa,  a word denoting a ‘pot or vessel of metal, ’ occurs in
the Atharvaveda and elsewhere.^1
1) Av. x. 10,  5
 Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 
viii. 10
 Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, 
vi. 3,  1,  etc.
 Nirukta,  vii. 23
 Śāṅkhā-
yana Āraṇyaka,  xii. 8.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 कंसं,  क्ली पुं,
   (कामयति काम्यते वा अनेनपातुमितिशेषः । “वृतॄवदिहनिकमीति” सः ।उणां । ३ । ६२ ।) मद्यादिपानपात्रम् । तत्पर्य्यायः ।पानभाजनम् २ । इत्यमरः ॥
 २ । ९ । ३२ । कंशम्३ । कांस्यम् ४ । इति तट्टीका । तैजसद्रव्यम् ।स्वर्णरजतादिनिर्म्मितपात्रमात्रम् । मानविशेषःतत्तु आढकपरिमाणम् । इति मेदिनी ॥
 (चतुःषष्टिपलात्मकाढकरूपम् ॥
 यथा भावप्रकाशे ।“शरावोऽष्टपलं तद्वज्ज्ञेयमत्र विचक्षणैः ।शरावाभ्यां भवेत् प्रस्थश्चतुः प्रस्थैस्तथाढकः ।भाजनं कांसपात्रञ्च चतुःषष्टिपलश्चसः” ॥
ताम्रवङ्गमिश्रितधातुविशेषः । काँसा इति भाषा ।तत्पर्य्यायः । कांस्यम् २ । कंसास्थि ३ । ताम्रार्द्धम्४ । इति त्रिकाण्डशेषः ॥
 (वर्तुलाकारयज्ञिय-पात्रभेदः । यथा शतपथब्राह्मणे । १४ । ९ । ३ । १ ।“औडुम्बरे कंसे चमसे वा” ।)

 कंसः,  पुं,
   (कामयति पित्रादिबन्धुवर्गान् अभिभूयपापात्मकं राज्यविषयादिभोगं यः । कम् + सः ।यद्वा कंस्ते शास्ति शत्रून् कंस शासने इत्यस्मात्सः ।) विष्णुद्वेष्ट्रसुरविशेषः । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
स तु मथुरादेशराजा । यदुवंशीयोग्रसेनराज-पुत्त्रः । श्रीकृष्णमातुलः । तेन बधः प्राप्तः ।(एतद्विवरणं भागवते । १० । ४४ अध्याये विशे-षेण दृष्टव्यम् ॥
 कंसनामकारणं हरिवंशे यथा, “कस्य त्वमिति यच्चाहं त्वयोक्तो मत्तकाशिनि ।कंसस्तस्माद्रिपुध्वंसी तव पुत्त्रो भविष्यति” ॥
अतएव कंसधातुनिष्पन्नत्वमेव प्रशस्यते ॥
)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 कंस पु०
  कम--स । तैजसद्रव्ये,  कांस्ये,  १ ताम्ररङ्गमिश्रणज-नितधातुद्रव्ये । (कांसा) २ स्वर्णरजतादिनिर्म्मितपानपात्रेआढक इति प्रसिद्धे ३ परिमाणे च अस्त्री । वर्त्तुलाकारेयज्ञिये ४ पात्रभेदे । “औदुम्बरे कसे चमसे वा सर्व्वौ-षधं समानीय सम्भृत्य” शत० १४,  ९,  ३,  १,  “कंसेकंसाकारे वर्त्तलाकरे” भाष्यम् । पृषो० तालव्यान्त इतिकेचित् । कंसपरिमाणञ्च “शरावोऽष्टपलं तद्वज्ज्ञेय-मत्र विचक्षणैः । शरावाभ्यां भवेत् प्रस्थश्चतुःप्रस्थैस्त-थाढकः । भाजनं कांस्यपात्रञ्च चतुःषष्टिपलश्च सः”भावप्र० उक्तेः चतुषष्टिपलात्मकाढकरूपम् । उग्रसेनसुत-भेदे कृष्णाद्वेष्ये ५ नृपभेदे पु०
  । कंसोत्पत्तिकथा तन्ना-मनिर्वचनञ्च हरिवं० ८५ अ० उक्तं यथा कंसं प्रतिनारद उवाच “हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृण राजन्!यथार्थतः । द्रुमिलस्य च मात्रा ते संवादञ्च समागमम् ।सुयामुनं नाम गिरिं तव माता रजस्वला । प्रेक्षितुं सहितार्वाभिर्गता वनकुतूहलात्” इत्युपक्रम्य यदृच्छयात्रागतस्यतौभपतेद्रु मिलस्य तां दृष्ट्वा कामयमानस्य तां प्रति उग्न-सेनमूर्त्त्या गत्वा तस्याःसङ्गमे कंसोत्पत्तिर्रित तत्रोक्तम् ।“एवमुक्ता दानवेन्द्रो गमनाय मनो दघे । हृच्छयाविष्ट-हृदयो दृष्ट्वा तामसितेक्षणाम् । वार्य्युपस्पृश्य बलवान्ध्यानमेवान्वचिन्तयत् । मुहूर्त्तं ध्यातमात्रे तु दृष्टंज्ञानबलात्ततः । उग्रसेनस्य पत्नीति ज्ञात्वा हर्षमवापसः । उग्रसेनस्य वै रूपं कृत्वा स्वं परिवर्त्त्य च ।उपासर्पन्महाबाहुः प्रसभं दानवेश्वरः । स्मयमानश्चशनकैर्ज्जग्राहामितवीर्य्यवान् । उग्रसेनस्य रूपेण मात-रं ते व्यधर्षयत् । सा पतिस्निग्धहृदया भावेनोप-ससर्प तम् । शङ्किता चाभवत् पश्चात्तस्य गौरवदर्श-नात् । सा तमाहोत्थिता मीता न त्वं मम पतिर्ध्रुवम् ।कस्य त्वं विकृताचारो येनास्मि मलिनीकृता । एकपत्नी-व्रतमिदं मम संदूषितं त्वया । पत्युर्म्मे रूपमास्थायनीचनीचेन कर्म्मणा । किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति रुषिता बान्ध-वाः कुलपांसुलाम् । जुगुप्सिता च वर्त्स्यामि पतिपक्षैर्निरा-कृता । धिक् त्वामीदृशमक्षान्तं दुष्कुलं व्युत्थितेन्द्रियम् ।अविश्वास्यमनार्य्यञ्च परदाराभिमर्षणम् । स तामाहप्रसज्जन्तीं क्षिप्तः क्रोधेन दानवः । अहं वै द्रुमिलोनाम सौभस्य पतिरूर्ज्जितः । किं मां क्षिपसि रोषेणमुढे! पण्डितमानिनि! । मानुषं पतिमाश्रित्य नीचंमृत्युवशे स्थितम् । व्यभिचारान्न दुष्यन्ति स्त्रियः स्त्रीमा-नगर्व्विते ॥
 न ह्यासां नियता बुद्धिर्म्मानुषीणां विशे-षतः । श्रूयन्ते हि स्त्रियो बह्व्यो व्यभिचारव्यतिक्रमैः ।प्रसूता देवसदृशान् पुत्त्रानमितविक्रमान् । अतीव हि त्वंस्त्रीलोके पतिधर्म्मवती सती । शुद्धा केशान् विधुन्वन्तीभाषसे यद्यदिच्छसि । कस्य त्वमिति यच्चाहं त्वयोक्तोमत्तकाशिनि! । कंसस्तस्माद्रिपुध्वं सी तव पुत्त्रो भवि-ष्यति । सा सरोषा पुनर्भूत्वां निन्दन्ती तस्य तं वरम् ।उवाच व्यथिता देवी दानवं धृष्टवादिनम् । धिक् तेवृत्तं सुदुर्वृत्त! यः सर्व्वा निन्दसि स्त्रियः । सन्ति स्त्रि-यो नीचवृत्ताः सन्ति चैव पतिव्रताः । यास्त्वेकपत्न्यःश्रूयन्तेऽरुन्धतीप्रमुखाः स्त्रियः । याभिर्धृताः प्रजाःसर्व्वा लोकाश्चैव कुलाधभ! । यस्त्वया मम पुत्त्रोवै दत्तोवृत्तविनाशनः । न मे बहुमतस्त्वेष शृणु चापि यदु-च्यसे । उत्पत्स्यति पुमान्नीच! पतिवंशेममाव्ययः । भवि-ष्यति स ते मृत्युर्यश्च दत्तस्त्रया सुतः । द्रुनिलस्त्वे-वमुक्तस्तु जगामाकाशमेव तु” । कांस्यसाधनद्रव्यं कंसकशब्देवक्ष्यते कांस्यशोधनमारणविधानगुणाः भावप्र० उक्ता यथा“अथ कांस्यस्य रीतेश्च शोधनन्त्वभिधीयते । पत्तलीकृत-पत्राणिकांस्यस्याग्नौ प्रतापयेत् । निषिञ्चेत्तप्ततप्तानि तैलेतक्रेच काञ्जिके । गोमूत्रे च कुलत्यानां कषायेऽत्र त्रिधात्रिधा । एवं कांस्यस्य रीतेश्च विशुद्धिः संप्रजायते” ।अथ मारणविधिः “अर्कक्षीरेण संपिष्टो गन्धकस्तेनलेपयेत् ।समेन कांस्यपत्राणि शुद्धान्यम्लद्रवैर्मुहुः । ततोमूषापुटेधृत्वा पचेत् गजपुटेन च । एवं पुटद्वयात् कांस्यं रीतिश्चम्रियते ध्रुवम्” एवं मारितयोः कांस्यस्य रीतेश्च गुणाः“कांस्यं कषायं तीक्ष्णोष्णं लेखनं विशदं सरम् । गुरुनेत्रहितं रूक्षं कफपित्तहरं परम्” ।“कंसभन्थशूर्पपाय्यकाण्डान्तं द्विगौ” पा० द्विगुसमासेआद्युदात्तता । द्विकंसः । द्वौ कंसौ परिमाणमस्येति तद्धि-तार्थद्विगुः । कंसशब्दोऽर्द्धर्चादि । “का काली का मधुराका शीतलवाहिनी गङ्गा । कं सं जघान कृष्णः कम्बलवन्तंन बाधते शीतम्” विदग्धमुखमण्डने समानप्रश्नोत्तरदर्श-नात् दन्त्यमध्य एव । ६ उग्रसेनकन्याभेदे स्त्री सा च देव-भागभार्य्या “कंसा कंसवती कङ्का सुतनूराष्ट्रपालिका ।उग्रसेनदुहितरी वसुदेवानुजस्त्रियः” । “देवभागस्यकंसायां चित्रकेतुवृहद्बलौ” भाग० ९,  २४,  २३, 

Capeller

German

 कंस॑ m.
  Becher
 Mssing (auch n.
 )
 N.
eines von Kṛṣṇa erschlagenen mythischen
Königs.

Burnouf

French

 कंस कंस m.
  n.
  vase à boire.
		 Cuivre blanc.
		 Mesure.
-- M. np. de l'oncle et ennemi de Kris ma.
कंसक n.
  sel de cuivre (?) employé comme collyre pour les
yeux.
कंसजित् m.
  (जि) le vainqueur de Kaṃsa,  Kṛṣṇa.
कंसहन् m.
  (हन्) mms.
कंसारि et कंसाराति m.
  (अरि) mms.
कंसास्थि n.
  (अस्थि) cuivre blanc.
कंसाद्भव (उत्
 भू) terre odorante.

Stchoupak

French

 कंस-
 m.
  nt. vase de métal,  coupe,  gobelet 
 m.
  prince de Mathurā, 
identifié avec l'Asura Kālanemi et tué par Kṛṣṇa 
 -आ- -वती- f.
 
sœurs de Kaṃsa.
°कृष्- °केशि-निषूदन- °ध्वंसन- कंसारि- m.
  ép. de
Kṛṣṇa.
°विद्रावण-करी- f.
  ép. de Drugā.

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