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वृषक (vRSaka)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वृषक
m.
 a
cert.
 plant,
N.
 of a king.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वृषक
m.
 a species of plant,
Suśr.
N.
 of a king (son of Su-bala),
MBh.
वृषक
n.
 (with इन्द्रस्य)
N.
 of various Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वृषक, अस्, m., N. of a son of Subala.
Benfey
English
वृषक वृष + क,
m.
 A proper
name.
Mahabharata
English
Vṛshaka^1, a Gandhāra prince, son of Subala, brother of Acala and Śakuni, and brother-in-law of Dhṛtarāshṭra§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6985 (present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).--§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1266 (Acalo Vºś caiva, came to the rājasūya of Yudhishṭhira).-§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 168, 5808 (Acalo Vṛshakaś caiva…bhrātarau, among the rathas in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 584 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 82, 3637 (ºsya rathaṃ).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 30, 1303 (Gāndhārarājasya sutau…bhrātarau Vºācalau), 1305, 1309 (bhrātarau Vºācalau), 1310 (śyālau tava (i.e. Dhṛtarāshṭra's) …rājānau Vºācalau), 1312 (rājānau Vºācalau, slain by Arjuna).--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5, 130 (śyālau tava …rājānau Vºācalau, had been slain by Arjuna).--§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26, 790 (Acalaṃ Vºñ caiva, their bodies are burnt).--§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 32, 879 (Acalo Vºś caiva, among those who, summoned by Vyāsa, arose from the Gaṅgā). Cf. Gāndhāra, dual, Gāndhāramukhya, dual.
Vṛshaka^2, a prince, brother of Kaliṅga^2. § 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5, 123 (Kaliṅga-Vºau bhrātarau, had been slain).
पुराणम्
English
वृषक १ / VṚṢAKA I. Son of subala the King of gāndhāra. The following information about him is taken from mahābhārata.(i) He was present at the svayaṁvara marriage of draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 5). He was present at the rājasūya sacrifice (royal consecration) of yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 84, Stanza 7).(ii) He was a prominent archer of the army of the kauravas. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 168, Stanza 1).(iii) In the battle of bhārata this vṛṣaka was killed by arjuna. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 30, Stanza 2).(iv) vṛṣaka also was there among those brave men of the kuru family who appeared on the surface of the Gangetic water by the invocation of vyāsa. (M.B. āśramavāsika parva, Chapter 32, Stanza 12).
वृषक २ / VṚṢAKA II. A kaliṅga prince. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, karṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 33, that he also was killed in the battle of bhārata.