रुशमा (ruzamA)

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English

 रु॑शमा (आ),  f.
  N.
  of a woman (said to have contended with Indra as to which of the two would run fastest round the earth,  and to have won by the artifice of only going round Kuru-kṣetra),  PañcavBr.
  

पुराणम्

English

रुशमा / RUŚAMĀ. A Priest who had studied the Vedas well. A story occurs in the ‘Pañcaviṁśabrāhmaṇa’,  about this priest.  Once indra and ruśamā bet on going round the world. Both got ready and started. But ruśamā walked round kurukṣetra and returned,  while indra travelled the whole of the way round the world and kept the conditions. The question arose as to who won the bet. The devas gave the decision,  “Kurukṣetra is the dais of brahmā,  and so kurukṣetra contains the entire world. Therefore both indra and ruśamā were declared to have won the bet.”

Vedic Reference

English

 Ruśamā is mentioned in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa (xxv. 13, 
3),  where she is said to have run round Kurukṣetra,  and so to
have defeated Indra,  who understood her challenge to refer to
the earth proper. The story indicates the connexion of the
Ruśamas with the Kurus.

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