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पूजनी (pUjanI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पूजनी
f.
=
 °जनीया
f.
 ,
MBh.
Hariv.
a hen-sparrow,
L.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
पूजनी
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Mahabharata
English
Pūjanī, name of a bird. § 647b (Brahmadatta-Pūjanīsaṃv.): XII, 139, 5136 (ºyā saha saṃvādaṃ Brahmadattasya bhūpateḥ), 5137 (śakuniḥ), 5140, 5146, 5147, 5152, 5155, 5156, (5157), 5168, (5169), (5171), (5175), 5186, (5187), (5209), 5246 (discourse between Brahmadatta and P., the child of the latter having been killed by the son of Brahmadatta).
पुराणम्
English
पूजनी / PŪJANĪ. A bird of superior intellect. The story of pūjanī was told by bhīṣma to illustrate that Kṣatriyas can never be believed.
There was once a king called brahmadatta in the country of kāmpilya. The King had a bird named pūjanī. pūjanī was very intelligent and all-knowing and the king treated her as his friend. Days went by and one day the queen delivered a son. At the same time pūjanī also got a child. The prince and the little bird grew up as great friends. The little bird used to bring to the prince whatever eatable it could take in its little beak. They lived as such thick chums.
One day while pūjanī was away from the cage, the prince caught hold of the little bird and strangled it to death. When pūjanī came back she found her child missing and went about crying loudly. She then knew what had happened and got very angry. She flew and pricked blind the eyes of the prince and bade farewell to the King. The parting scene was very pathetic. pūjanī declared that Kṣatriyas were not to be believed and flew away. (Chapter 139, śānti Parva).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
पूजनी,
स्त्री,
 (पूज्यते इति । पूज + कर्म्मणि ल्युट् ।ङीप् ।) चटका । इति भरतः ॥
(ब्रह्मदत्तगृह-स्थितशकुनिविहङ्गमस्त्रीविशेषः । यथा, महा-भारते । १२ । १३९ । ४ -- १० ।“शृणुष्व राजन् ! यद्वृत्तं ब्रह्मदत्तनिवेशने ।पूजन्या सह संवादं ब्रह्मदत्तस्य भूपतेः ॥
काम्पिल्ये ब्रह्मदत्तस्य अन्तःपुरनिवासिनी ।पूजनी नाम शकुनिर्दीर्घकालं सहोषिता ॥
रुतज्ञा सर्व्वभूतानां यथा वे जीवजीवकः ।सर्व्वज्ञा सर्व्वतत्त्वज्ञा तिर्य्यग्योनिं गतापि सा ॥
अभिप्रजाता सा तत्र पुत्त्रमेकं सुवर्च्चसम् ।समकालञ्च राज्ञोऽपि देव्यां पुत्त्रो व्यजायत ॥
तयोरर्थे कृतज्ञा सा खेचरी पूजनी सदा ।समुद्रतीरं सा गत्वा आजहार फलद्बयम् ॥
पुष्टार्थञ्च स्वपुत्त्रस्य राजपुत्त्रस्य चैव ह ॥
फलमेकं सुतायादाद्राजपुत्त्राय चापरम् ।अमृतास्वादसदृशं बलतेजोऽभिवर्द्धनम् ॥
आदायादाय सैवाशु तयोः प्रादात् पुनःपुनः ।ततोऽगच्छत् परां वृद्धिं राजपुत्त्रः फला-शनात् ॥
”इत्यादि तत्रैवाध्याये विस्तरशो द्रष्टव्यम् ॥
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