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वेदशिरस् (vedaziras)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
1. वेद—शिरस्
n.
 (for 2. See under 3. वेद) ‘head of the Veda’,
N.
 of a mythical weapon,
Cat.
वेद—शिरस्
m.
N.
 of a Ṛṣi (son of Mārkaṇḍeya and Mūrdhanyā, progenitor of the Bhārgava Brāhmans),
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
of a son of Prāṇa,
MW.
of a son of Kṛśāśva (cf. -शिर),
BhP.
 (B.)
2. वेद—शिरस्
n.
 (for 1. See
p.
 1016, col. 2) the head or broom end of the V° (cf. prec. ),
ĀśvŚr.
Mahabharata
English
Vedaśiras, a ṛshi. § 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12759 (among the sadasyas of Vasu Uparicara).
पुराणम्
English
वेदशिरस् १ / VEDAŚIRAS I. A hermit born in the clan of bhṛgu. He was born to the hermit mārkaṇḍeya by his wife Mūrdhanyā otherwise called dhūmrā. pīvarī was the wife of vedaśiras. (brahma: 2, 11, 7
vāyu purāṇa 28: 6).
While vedaśiras was doing penance once, a celestial maid named śuci came to make him deviate from penance. A daughter was born to him by her. Yamadharma wished to kidnap that daughter. vedaśiras cursed Yamadharma to become a river. (skanda purāṇa, 4: 259).
वेदशिरस् २ / VEDAŚIRAS II. A hermit. He was the son born to kṛśāśva by his wife dhiṣaṇā. vedaśiras learned viṣṇu purāṇa from the Nāgas (serpents) in pātāla (underworld) and taught it to his disciple pramati. (viṣṇu purāṇa, 6: 8: 47).