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युवनाश्व (yuvanAzva)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
युवनाश्व
m.
N.
 of the father of Māndhātṛ and of various other men,
MBh.
R.
Hariv.
Pur.
Monier Williams 1872
English
युवनाश्व युवनाश्व, अस्, m., N. of the
father of Māndhātṛ
of various persons.
—युव-
नाश्व-ज, अस्, m. the son of Yuvanāśva, i. e. Mān-
dhātṛ (an early sovereign of the solar dynasty).
Macdonell
English
युवनाश्व yuvana‿aśva,
m.
 N..
Mahabharata
English
Yuvanāśva, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukramanikāp.): I, 1, 226 (in Sañjaya's enumeration).--§ 407 (Māndhātrup.): III, 126, 10427 (Ikshvākuvaṃśaprabhavaḥ), 10441, 10451 (Y. bore Māndhātṛ, who came out piercing his left side).-§ 475 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 202, 13517 (king of Ayodhyā, son of Adri and father of Śrāva).--§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj., v. Māndhātṛ): VII, 62, 2274 (ºsya jaṭhare, birth of Māndhātṛ, cf. § 407).--§ 632b (Shoḍaśarāj., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 975 (do., do.).--§ 655 (Āpaddh.): XII, 159, 5924 (acquired heaven).--§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166, 6197 (received the sword from Raivata, from him it passed over to Raghu).--§ 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8599 (attained to heaven by way of gifts, PCR. connects Y. with Vṛshādarbhi, but probably wrongly
cf. XIII, 6254).--§ 761 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115, 5663 (abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika). Cf. Saudyumni.
पुराणम्
English
युवनाश्व १ / YUVANĀŚVA I. A King of the ikṣvāku dynasty.1) Genealogy. From viṣṇu were descended in the following order:--brahmā-marīci-kaśyapa-vivasvān- vaivasvata manu-ikṣvāku-vikukṣi-śaśāda-kakutstha (purañjaya)-anenas-pṛthulāśva-prasenajit-yuvanāśva. This yuvanāśva was the father of māndhātā.2) Other details. (i) yuvanāśva performed many Yāgas. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 126, Verse 5).(ii) Once he drank water which had been subjected to special mantras (incantations) and as a result he became pregnant. māndhātā was born by cutting open his belly. (For more details see under māndhātā).(iii) yuvanāśva once received a wonderful sword from King raivata. He presented that sword to King raghu. (M.B. śānti Parva, Chapter 166, Verse 78).(iv) In mahābhārata, anuśāsana parva, Chapter 115, Verse 61, it is stated that he had received “Parāvaratattva” (ability to know the highest and the lowest) because he had renounced meat-eating.
युवनाश्व २ / YUVANĀŚVA II. Another yuvanāśva was the grandson of viṣvagaśva of the ikṣvāku dynasty and the son of adri. This yuvanāśva was the father of King śrāva. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 202, Verse 3).
युवनाश्व ३ / YUVANĀŚVA III. mahābhārata, śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Verse 15, refers to another yuvanāśva who was the son of vṛṣadarbha. He attained Heaven by offering gifts of jewels, women and dwelling houses.
युवनाश्व ४ / YUVANĀŚVA IV. A King of the ikṣvāku dynasty who was the grandson of māndhātā. There is reference to him in the ṛgveda. (ṛgveda, 10
134).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
युवनाश्वः,
पुं,
 सूर्य्यवंशीयराजविशेषः । स चगौरीगर्भे प्रसेनजितो जातः मान्धातृपिता च ।यथा, --“तस्याः प्रसेनजिज्जज्ञे लेभे भार्य्या पतिव्रता ।गौरी नामाभिशप्ता सा नदीभूता तरङ्गिणी ।तस्यां प्रसेनजिज्जज्ञे युवनाश्वं महीपतिम् ॥
यावत् सूर्य्य उदेति स्म यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति ।सर्व्वं तद्यौवनाश्वस्य मान्धातुः क्षेत्रमुच्यते ॥
”इति वह्निपुराणे सगरोपाख्यानाध्यायः ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
युवनाश्व
पु०
 सूर्य्यवंश्ये मान्धातृपितरि नृपभेदे ।
Stchoupak
French
युवनाश्व-
m.
n.
 de divers hommes.