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व्युषिताश्व (vyuSitAzva)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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2. व्य्-उषि°ताश्व
m.
N.
 of a king descended from Daśa-ratha,
MBh.
Hariv.
Mahabharata
English
Vyushitāśva, an ancient king, descendant of Pūru. § 186b (Pāṇḍu): There was a king named Vyushitāśva, of the race of Pūru
once, when he sacrificed, the gods, with Indra and Devarshis, came there, and the gods and the Brahmarshis began themselves to perform a sacrifice (cakruḥ karma svayaṃ)
having subdued the eastern, northern, western, and southern princes, he performed a horse-sacrifice (a gāthā from the Purāṇas is cited), etc. The wife of V. was Bhadrā Kākshīvatī, whom he loved so much that he was attacked by phthisis and died sonless
Bhadrā could not bear separation from him and cried out that he should show himself to her
then his voice was heard saying that she, having bathed, should lie down with him on her bed on the night of the eighth or fourteenth day of the moon, then he would beget offspring upon her. By the corpse of her husband she gave birth to seven children: three Śālvas and four Madras: I, 121, 4686 (Pūror vaṃśavivardhanaḥ), 4688 (rājarsheḥ), 4689, 4691, 4692, 4693.--§ 187 (do.): I, 122, 4717. Y
पुराणम्
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व्युषिताश्व / VYUṢITĀŚVA. A King of the pūru dynasty, who was righteous and just. He performed many sacrifices. His wife was bhadrā, daughter of King kakṣīvān. It is said that this bhadrā was the most beautiful woman in india. As the King led a libidinous life with this queen bhadrā he met with an untimely death.
When the King died, he had no children. bhadrā cried for a long while embracing the dead body of the King. Then the spirit of vyuṣitāśva, without the body, said to her. “My love. Lie with me in your own bed on the eighth or fourteenth day of your menstruation. I will give you sons.” She acted according to the wish of the King and got seven sons from the dead body. Her sons were three Satvas and the four Madras. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 120).