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विश्वरुचि (vizvaruci)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विश्व—रुचि
m.
N.
of a divine being,
MBh.
of a Dānava,
Kathās.
=
next,
L.
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: विश्वरुचिः
Root: विश्वरुचि
Gender: स्त्री
Number: all
अर्थः अग्नेः जिह्वाभेदः
Meaning(s):
One of the seven tongues or flames of Agni
Shloka(s):
1|2|30|2 धुम्रवर्णा विश्वरुचिर्लोहिता मनोजवा॥ (स्वर्गकाण्डः/लोकपालाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
1|2|30|2 विश्वरुचिः (विश्वरुचि) (स्त्री) One of the seven tongues or flames of Agni अग्नेः जिह्वाभेदः
Related word(s):
isa_k अग्नेः सप्त जिह्वाभेदः
परा_अपरासंबन्धः जिह्वा
जातिः इन्धनजम्
Mahabharata
English
Viśvaruci, a Gandharva(?). § 595 (Shoḍaśarāj., v. Pṛthu Vainya): VII, 69, 2418 (when the Gandharvas milked the earth V. was their milker).
पुराणम्
English
विश्वरुचि / VIŚVARUCI. A gandharva King. At the time of emperor pṛthu, when the Gandharvas made the earth a cow and milked her for various things, it was the gandharva viśvaruci who did the milking. (M.B. droṇa Parva, Chapter 69, Stanza 25).