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शमीक (zamIka)

 
Capeller Eng
English
शमीक
m.
 a man's name.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शमीक
m.
N.
 of various men (esp. of a Muni, son of Sūra and brother of Vasu-deva),
VP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
शमीक, अस्, m., N. of a Muni (son of Śūra and
brother of Vasu-deva).
Mahabharata
English
Śamīka^1, a muni, father of Śṛṅgin. § 51 (Parikshit): I, 41, (1711)
42, (1727), 1741, 1749 (having disgraced Ś., Parikshit was cursed by Śṛṅgin).--§ 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 297 (in the palace of Indra, B. has Sº).--§ 790 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 35, 946.
Śamīka^2, a Vṛshṇi. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6999 (came to the svayaṃvara of Draupadī, Sº both B. and C.).-§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 623 (is a mahārātha, Sº both B. and C.).--§ 589 (Droṇābhishek.): VII, 11, 409 (Śº also B.). The right spelling of this and prec. is Sº.
पुराणम्
English
शमीक १ / ŚAMĪKA I .1) General. A muni. He remained with herds of cattle and performed tapas feeding himself on the foam from the mouth of calves drinking their mother's milk. He was the father of Śṛṅgī, who cursed king parīkṣit, who once threw a dead snake on the neck of śamīka. The curse was that he would die within seven days of the incident by snake-bite. For details see under parīkṣit, para 3).2) Other information.
i) śamīka worships indra in his court. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 7, Verse 16).
ii) śamīka too was present on the occasion when vyāsa called up and showed janamejaya the souls of dead kings. (Aśvamedhika Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 8).
शमीक २ / ŚAMĪKA II. (SAMĪKA). A great warrior of the vṛṣṇi dynasty and one of the seven mahārathis in dvārakā. He was present at the wedding of draupadī. (Ādi Parva. Chapter 14, Verse 58).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
शमीकः,
पुं,
 मुनिविशेषः । यथा, --“जलाशयमचक्षाणः प्रविवेश तमाश्रमम् ।ददर्श मुनिमासीनं शान्तं मीलितलोचनम् ॥
”इति श्रीभागवते । १ । १८ ॥
अस्यार्थः । अचक्षाणः अपश्यन् । तं प्रसिद्ध-माश्रमं तस्मिन् मुनिं शमीकम् । इति श्रीधर-स्वामी ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
शमीक
पु०
 शम--बा० ईक । मुनिभेदे ।
Capeller
German
शमीक
m.
 Mannsname.