विश्वावसु (vizvAvasu)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 विश्वावसु m.
  (-सुः) One of the Gandharbas or celestial singers.
	 f.
  (-सुः) A
particular night.

Capeller Eng

English

 विश्वा॑वसु a.
  blessing all (Viṣṇu)
 m.
  N.
  of a
Gandharva,  a son of Purūravas,  etc.

Yates

English

 विश्वावसु (सुः) 2.
m.
  One of the
gan-
dharbas or celestial singers.
f.
 
A particular night.

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Wilson

English

 विश्वावसु
m.
  (-सुः) One of the Gandharbas or celestial singers.
f.
 
(-सुः) A particular night.

Apte

English

विश्वावसुः [viśvāvasuḥ],  N.
  of a Gandharva
 Bhāg.*
  7.4.14.

Apte 1890

English

 विश्वावसुः N. of a Gandharva. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 विश्वा॑—वसु (विश्वा॑-),  mfn.
   beneficent to all (said of Viṣṇu),  MBh.
  

 विश्वा॑—वसु m.
  N.
  of a Gandharva (regarded as the author of the hymn,  RV.
   x,  139),  RV.
  
 AV.
  
 VS.
  &c.
  

 of a Sādhya,  Hariv.
 

 of a Marut-vat,  ib.

 of a son of Purū-ravas (said to be one of the Viśve Devāḥ),  ib.
 VP.
  

 of a prince of the Siddhas,  Kathās.
 
 Nāg.

 of a son of Jamad-agni,  MBh.
  

 of one of the Manus,  Uṇ.
 ,  Sch.

 of a poet,  Cat.
 

 of the 39th year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years,  VarBṛS.
 

 of the 7th Muhūrta,  AV.
  
 Jyot.

 विश्वा॑—वसु f.
  night,  L.
 

 N.
  of a partic.  night,  W.
 

Benfey

English

 विश्वावसु विश्वावसु,  i. e. विश्व-वसु, 
m.
 
 1. One of the Manus.
 2. One of
the Gandharvas,  Indr. 2,  18.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

विश्वावसुः
स्त्री*
  - "विश्व + वसुः,  पूर्वपदस्याकारस्य दीर्घः"
एक गन्धर्व का नाम

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 विश्वावसु m. °desgl.,  S II,  283,  21.

Mahabharata

English

Viśvāvasu,  a Gandharva king. § 21 (Pramadvarā): I,  8,  943 (Gandharvarājaḥ,  begot Pramadvarā on Menakā).--§ 102 (Aṃśāvat.): I,  65,  2555 (among the Devagandharvas,  sons of Prādhā).--§ 191 (Arjuna): I,  123,  4814 (among the Devagandharvas present at the birth of Arjuna).--§ 221b (Cākshushī): I,  170,  6478 (learnt the Cākshushī from Soma and communicated it to Citraratha).--§ 233 (Svayaṃvarap.): I,  187,  †7011 (came to see the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).-§ 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II,  7,  303 (in the palace of Indra).-§ 269 (Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II,  10,  406 (Gandharvāṇāñ ca patayo Vºuḥ,  etc.,  in the palace of Kubera).--§ 336 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III,  43,  1773 (ºprabhṛtibhir Gandharvaiḥ).--§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III,  90,  8389 (a śloka sung by V. quoted,  PCR. has Vibhāvasu).--§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,  91,  8420 (ºos tu tanayād,  i.e. Citrasena).-§ 443 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III,  168,  12048 (ºoś ca vai putraś Citrasenaḥ).--§ 530 (Viśvāvasumokshaṇa): III,  279,  16086 (Gandharvaḥ,  had been cursed and become a Rākshasa (Kabandha),  but was delivered by Rāma Dāśarathi).--§ 555 (Indravijaya): V,  11,  356 (ºur Nāradaś ca).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI,  6,  214 (on Meru).--§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj.,  v. Dilīpa): VII,  61,  v. 7 (only B. in a śloka wanting in C. after v. 2266
 played on his vīṇā at the sacrifice of Dilīpa). § 615d (Gandharvānāṃ tīrthaṃ): IX,  37,  2128 (ºmukhāḥ …Gandharvāḥ).--§ 632b (Shoḍaśarāj.,  cf. § 595,  v. Dilīpa): XII,  29,  969 (played on his vīṇā at the sacrifice of Dilīpa). --§ 662b (Jāpakop.): XII,  200,  7340.--§ 694b (Jvarotpatti): XII,  284,  10218 (Gandharvaḥ).--§ 695b (Dakshayajñavināśa): XII,  285,  10279.--§ 707 (Mokshadh.): XII,  319,  11750 (Gandharvaḥ),  11759,  11771,  (11781),  (†11807) (was instructed by Yājñavalkya).--§ 712 (Śukotpatti): XII,  324,  12176 (Gandharvaḥ)
 325,  12201 (do.). --§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,  16,  1050 (?º-HiraṇyākshaPuruhātanamaskṛta,  sc. Śiva).--§ 746 (do.): XIII,  83,  3887.--§ 775 (do.): XIII,  166,  7639.--§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV,  88,  2642.--§ 786e (Agastya): XIV,  92,  2871.- § 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV,  29,  774. Cf. Gandharva,  Gandharvarāja,  Gandharvendra,  Kāśyapa.

Viśvāvasu^2,  son of Jamadagni. § 396 (Jamadagni): III,  116,  10180.

Viśvāvasu^3 = Kṛshṇa: VI,  †2944.

पुराणम्

English

विश्वावसु २ / VIŚVĀVASU II. A gandharva King. The following information about this King is taken from the Purāṇas.(i)  The father of this Devagandharva was prajāpati kaśyapa and his mother was Pradhā. (M.B. Ādi Parva,  Chapter 25,  Stanza 47).(ii)  pramadvarā was born to viśvāvasu by the celestial maid menakā. (See under pramadvarā).(iii)  viśvāvasu was present at the Birth-festival of arjuna. (M.B. Ādi Parva,  Chapter 122,  Stanza 22).(iv)  This viśvāvasu learned from soma,  Cākṣuṣīvidyā (the art of seeing all) and taught citraratha,  a gandharva the same art. (M.B. Ādi Parva,  Chapter 169,  Stanza 43).(v)  He was present at the svayaṁvara (marriage) of draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva,  Chapter 186,  Stanza 7).(vi)  viśvāvasu stays in the palace of indra glorifying him. (M.B. Sabhā Parva,  Chapter 7,  Stanza 22).(vii)  It is mentioned in mahābhārata,  Sabhā Parva,  Chapter 10,  Stanza 25,  that he stays in the palace of kubera praising him.(viii)  This gandharva recited a poem at the sacrifice performed by jamadagni. (M.B. Vana Parva,  Chapter 90,  Stanza 18).(ix)  kabandha,  the asura,  who stopped rāma and  lakṣmaṇa,  was the changed form of viśvāvasu by a curse (See under kabandha).(x)  It was this viśvāvasu who played the lute in the sacrifice performed by emperor dilīpa. (M.B. droṇa Parva,  Chapter 61,  Stanza 7).(xi)  Once viśvāvasu asked hermit yājñavalkya twentyfour questions. When he got satisfactory answers,  the gandharva returned to heaven. (M.B. śānti Parva,  Chapter 318,  Stanza 26).(xii)  It was viśvāvasu and some other Gandharvas who took away urvaśī from purūravas. (See under purūravas).(xiii)  At the time of emperor pṛthu,  when the earth was milked,  the thing the Gandharvas got were those befitting them,  In the course of the milking viśvāvasu stood as the calf. (bhāgavata,  skandha 4).

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 विश्वावसुः,  पुं,
   (विश्वं वसु यस्य । “विश्वस्य वसु-राटोः ।” ६ । ३ । १२८ । इति पूर्व्वपदान्तस्यदीर्घः ।) गन्धर्व्वभेदः । इति मेदिनी ॥
 यथा,  --“अभ्राजोऽङ्घारिवग्भारी सूर्य्यवर्च्चास्तथा कृधुः ।हस्तः सुहस्तः स्वाञ्चैव मूर्द्ध्वन्वांश्च महामनाः ।विश्वावसुः कृशानुश्च गन्धर्व्वैकादशो गणः ॥
”इति वह्निपुराणे गणभेदनामाध्यायः ॥
(विष्णुः । यथा,  महाभारते । ६ । ६२ । ४५ ।“विश्वावसुर्विश्वमूर्त्तिर्विश्वेशोविश्वक्सेनो विश्वकर्म्मा वशो च ॥
” * ॥
वत्सरविशेषः । यथा,  बृहत्संहितायाम् । ८ । ४१ ।“क्रोधी तृतीयः परतः क्रमेणविश्वावसुश्चेति पराभवश्च ॥
”तत्फलं यथा,  चिन्तामणिधृतवचनम् ।“सर्व्वत्र जायते क्षेमं सर्व्वशस्यमहार्घता ।विश्वावसौ वरारोहे कार्पासस्य महार्घता ॥
”)निशि स्त्री । इति मेदिनी ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 विश्वावसु पु०
  विश्वेषां वसु यस्मात् पृषो० दीर्घः । १ गन्धर्वभेदे २ रात्रौ स्त्री मेदि० ।

Capeller

German

 विश्वा॑वसु allen heilbringend (Viṣṇu,  auch
Mannsn. ,  bes. mythol.).

Grassman

German

 viśvā́-vasu,  a.,  m. (Prāt. 〔538〕),  alles Gut besitzend,  daher 1〉 Beiname des Gandharven
 2〉 Bezeichnung desselben.
-o 2〉 {911, 22}.
-us 1〉 divyás gandharvás {965, 5}.
-um 1〉 gandharvám {965, 4}. — 2〉 {911, 21}.

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