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रुक्मिणी (rukmiNI)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
रुक्मिणी - rukmiNI -
f.
 - species of plant
रुक्मिणी - rukmiNI -
f.
 - above
Apte
English
रुक्मिणी [rukmiṇī], The daughter of Bhīṣmaka of Vidarbha. [She was betrothed by her father to Śiśupāla, but she secretly loved Kṛiṣṇa and sent him a letter praying him to take her away. Kṛiṣṇa with Balarāma came and snatched her off after having defeated her brother in battle. She bore to Kṛiṣṇa a son named Pradyumna. ].
Apte 1890
English
रुक्मिणी The daughter of Bhīshmaka of Vidarbha. [She was betrothed by her father to Śiśupāla, but she secretly loved Kṛṣṇa and sent him a letter praying him to take her away. Kṛṣṇa with Balarāma came and snatched her off after having defeated her brother in battle. She bore to Kṛṣṇa a son named Pradyumna.].
Monier Williams Cologne
English
रुक्मिणी a
f.
 (of रुक्मिन्) a species of plant (= स्वर्ण-क्षीरी),
L.
N.
 of a daughter of Bhīṣmaka and sister of Rukmin (betrothed by her father to Śiśu-pāla but a secret lover of Kṛṣṇa, who, assisted by Bala-rāma, carried her off after defeating her brother in battle
she is represented as mother of Pradyumna, and in later mythology is identified with Lakṣmī),
MBh.
Kāv.
Pur.
N.
 of Dākṣāyaṇī in Dvāravatī,
Cat.
of various other women,
HPariś.
रुक्मिणी b
f.
 See above.
Macdonell
English
रुक्मिणी rukm-iṇ-ī,
f.
 N. of a daughter of 🞄Bhīṣmaka, carried off and wedded by Kṛṣṇa, 🞄mother of Pradyumna, later identified 🞄with Lakṣmī.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
रुक्मिणी
स्त्री*
 - रुक्मिन् + ङीप्
विदर्भ के राजा भीष्मक की पुत्री का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
रुक्मिणी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಭೀಷ್ಮರಾಜನ ಮಗಳು /ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಹಿರಿಯ ರಾಣಿ
प्रयोगाः - > "राघवत्येऽभवत् सीता रुक्मिणी कृष्णजन्मनि । अन्येषु चावतारेषु विष्णोरेषानपायिनी ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > पाद्मोत्तरखण्डः
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 रुक्मिणी, ईः, रमा, सिन्धुजा, सामा, चला, हीरा, चठ्चला, वृषाकपायी, चपला, इन्दिरा, लक्ष्मीः, पदमालया, पद्मा, कमला, श्रीः, हरिप्रिया
noun
कृष्णस्य राज्ञी वैदर्भपुत्री च।
"रुक्मिणेः गर्भात् प्रद्युम्नः जातः।"
Mahabharata
English
Rukmiṇī, sister of Rukmin, wife of Kṛshṇa, and mother of Pradyumna, etc. § 132 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2790 (Bhīshmakasya kule, incarnation of a portion of Śrī).--§ 262 (Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 57.--§ 291 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 45, 1574, 1577 (ravished by Kṛshṇa, although she had been intended for Śiśupāla).--§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 12, 575 (yathā tvayā jitā, Kṛshṇa, Rºī Bhīshmakātmajā). --§ 410 (Plakshāvataraṇag.): III, 130, 10554 (āśramaś caiva Rºyāḥ, the same?).--§ 521 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 263, 15538 (pārśvasthāṃ śayane tyaktvā Rºṃ Keśavaḥ).-§ 561c (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): V, 48, †1881 (yo Rºṃ ekarathena Bhojān utsādya rājñaḥ samare prasahya | uvāha bhāryāṃ yaśasā jvalantīṃ yasyāṃ jajñe Raukmiṇeyo (i.e. Pradyumna) mahātmā, sc. Kṛshṇa).--§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3976 (reme… yathā…Rºyāṃ Janārdanaḥ).--§ 570d (Rukmin): V, 158, 5360 (ºyā haraṇaṃ, ravished by Kṛshṇa).--§ 617b (Brahmaśiras): X, 12, 636 (ºyāṃ yo anvajāyata…Pradyumnaḥ).- § 727 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 11, 508 (discourse between R. and Śrī).--§ 730 (do.): XIII, 14, 617 (PradyumnaCārudeshṇādīn…Rºyāḥ putrakān), 620, 622 (enumeration of R.'s sons with Kṛshṇa).--§ 768 (do.): XIII, 148, 6889 (mother of Pradyumna).--§ 773c (Durvāsas): XIII, 160, 7429, 7434, 7445 (gratified Durvāsas).--§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 5, 145
7, 249 (when the corpse of Kṛshṇa was burnt, R., etc., ascended the funeral pyre). Cf. Bhīshmakātmajā, Bhojyā.
पुराणम्
English
रुक्मिणी / RUKMIṆĪ. The chief queen of śrī kṛṣṇa.1) Birth. From the following Purāṇic statements, it could be understood that rukmiṇī was the incarnation of goddess lakṣmī.(i) “Śrī devī (lakṣmī) by her portions, took birth in the earth as rukmiṇī in the family of Bhīṣmaka”. (M.B, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 156).(ii) Formerly lakṣmī devī took birth as the daughter of bhṛgu by his wife khyāti. Next she took birth from the sea of Milk at the time of the churning of it by the combined efforts of the devas and the asuras, to take Amṛta (ambrosia). When viṣṇu took birth as āditya, lakṣmī took birth from lotus. When viṣṇu incarnated as paraśurāma lakṣmī devī became the earth-goddess. In the incarnation of śrī rāma she became sītā and in that of śrī kṛṣṇa she was rukmiṇī. (viṣṇu purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 9).
It was in the kingdom of vidarbha that lakṣmī devī took birth as rukmiṇī during the incarnation of Śrī kṛṣṇa. To bhīṣmaka, the King of vidarbha, five sons beginning with rukmī, were born. The sixth was a daughter who was named rukmiṇī. She grew up into a beautiful damsel. (bhāgavata, skandha 10).2) marriage. rukmiṇī fell in love with śrī kṛṣṇa. Her parents agreed to her choice. But her brother rukmī was an enemy of śrī kṛṣṇa. rukmī desired to give his sister to Śiśupāla. The date of the marriage was fixed and the heart was burning within rukmiṇī. She sent a Brahmin as messenger to kṛṣṇa.
The time of marriage drew near. The kings of aṅga, kaliṅga, mālava, kekaya, vaṅga, magadha, kosala, sālva, cola, pāṇḍya, kerala and so on took their seats in the nuptial hall. śrī kṛṣṇa and balabhadra came with their army. The army under the leadership of balabhadra remained behind and śrī kṛṣṇa went alone to the nuptial hall. While preparations were being made to give rukmiṇī to Śiśupāla, śrī kṛṣṇa took her in his chariot and quickly left the place. All the other kings who ran after śrī kṛṣṇa to fight had to confront with the mighty army of balabhadra, who defeated the kings and returned to dvārakā. (bhāgavata, skandha 10).3) Sons. It is mentioned in bhāgavata, skandha 10, that ten sons were born to śrī kṛṣṇa by rukmiṇī. They were pradyumna, cārudeṣṇa, sudeṣṇa, cārudeha, sucāru, cārugupta, bhadracāru, cārucandra, cārubhadra and cāru. But a slight difference is observed in the description of the sons of Rūkmiṇī given in mahābhārata, anuśāsana parva, Chapter 14, Stanzas 33 and 34.4) Yoked to the chariot by durvāsas. See under durvāsas, para 3.5) Consoled arjuna. After the death of śrī kṛṣṇa, arjuna visited dvārakā. Seeing the dilapidated city without rulers and the women without husbands, he cried aloud. rukmiṇī devī ran to him and consoled him and seated him on a golden chair. (M.B. Mausala Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 12).6) death. After the death of śrī kṛṣṇa, rukmiṇī, with the other wives of śrī kṛṣṇa jumped into a burning pyre and died.
“Śaibyā, rukmiṇī, gāndhārī, haimavatī and Jāmba- vatī jumped into the fire.” (M.B. Mausala Parva, Chapter 7, Stanza 73).7) The Palace of rukmiṇī. There is a statement in the mahābhārata, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 28, about the palace of rukmiṇī. “Viśvakarmā built a palace for śrī kṛṣṇa at the instance of indra. The highest dome of it is covered with gold. So this dome dazzled as the peak of mahāmeru. It was this dome that was set apart for his beloved wife rukmiṇī by Śrī Kṛṣṇa”.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
रुक्मिणी,
स्त्री,
 (रुक्मो वर्णोऽस्त्यस्या इति । रुक्म +इनिः । ङीप् ।) कृष्णमहिषीविशेषः । तत्प-र्य्यायः । ईः २ रमा ३ सिन्धुजा ४ सामा ५चला ६ हीरा ७ चञ्चला ८ वृषाकपायी ९चपला १० इन्दिरा ११ लक्ष्मीः १२ पद्मालया१३ पद्मा १४ कमला १५ श्रीः १६ हरिप्रिया१७ । इति जटाधरः ॥
अस्या विवरणं यथा, “विदर्भराजो धर्म्मात्मा भीष्मको नाम धार्म्मिकः ।बभूवुस्तस्य पुत्त्रास्तु नाम्ना रुक्म्यादयः शुभाः ॥
तेषामवरजा कन्या रुक्मिणी रुक्मवर्णिनी ।कमलांशेन सम्भूता सर्व्वलक्षणशोभिता ॥
राघवत्वेऽभवत् सीता रुक्मिणी कृष्णजन्मनि ।साक्षाल्लक्ष्मीस्तु विज्ञेया प्राकट्येनैव पार्व्वति ॥
”इति पाद्मोत्तरखण्डे ६७ अध्यायः ॥
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(रुक्मिण्या सह शिशुपालस्य विवाहघोषणाश्रीकृष्णस्य रुक्मिणीहरणं हृतायाञ्च तस्यांयादवैः सह राज्ञां तुमुलयुद्धादिकं हरिवंशे ।११६ अध्याये द्रष्टव्यम् ॥
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नारदस्य रुक्मिण्यैपारिजातपुष्पप्रदानवृत्तान्तं तत्रैव च १२२अध्याये द्रष्टव्यम् ॥
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अस्याः सन्ततिनामानियथा तत्रैव । १६० । ४ -- ६ ।“ -- रुक्मिणीतनयान् शृणु ।प्रद्युम्नः प्रथमं यज्ञे शम्बरान्तकरः सुतः ॥
द्वितीयश्चारुदेष्णश्च वृष्णिसिंहो महारथः ।चारुभद्रश्चारुगर्भः सुदंष्ट्रो द्रुम एवच ॥
सुषेणश्चारुगुप्तश्च चारुविन्दश्च वीर्य्यवान् ।चारुवाहुः कनीयांश्च कन्या चारुमती तथा ॥
”)स्वर्णक्षीरी । इति राजनिर्घण्टः ॥