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श्वफल्क (zvaphalka)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
श्व—फल्क
m.
N.
 of a son of Vṛṣṇi,
Hariv.
Pur.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
श्वफल्कः
पुं*
 श्वन्-फल्कः -
अक्रुर के पिता का नाम
पुराणम्
English
श्वफल्क / ŚVAPHALKA. Father of akrūra. vṛṣṇi, a yādava King had two sons śvaphalka and citraka. It was divinely ordained that there would not be epidemics and drought in the place where śvaphalka lived. Once there was no rain for a period of three years in the land of the King of kāśī. So the King of kāśī took śvaphalka with him to his country. With his arrival there was rainfall in the land and the King who was pleased at it gave his daughter gāndinī in marriage to śvaphalka.
There is a story about the birth of gāndinī also. gāndinī remained in her mother's womb for many years. At last the King of kāśī called to the child in the womb and said, “Take birth at once
why do you remain there so long?” The child replied, “I shall come out if you allow me to offer a cow as gift every day.” The King allowed it and the child was born. She was named “Gāndinī.” She used to offer the gift of cows to Brāhmaṇas daily. After she married śvaphalka, several sons including akrūra were born to her, (harivaṁśa, Chapter 34, bhāgavata, 10th skandha).
स्ववत्क / SVAVATKA (śvaphalka). Father of akrūra. (See under śvaphalka).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
श्वफल्कः,
पुं,
 वृष्णिपुत्त्रः । म च अक्रूरपिता ।यथा । अनमित्वस्यान्वयेऽन्या वृष्णिः । तस्मात्श्वफल्कः । तत्प्रभावः कथितएव । श्वपल्वस्थान्यःकनीयान् चित्रको नाम भाता । श्वफल्काद-क्रूरो गान्दिन्यामभवत् । इति विष्णुपुराणे ४अश १४ अध्यायः ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
श्वफल्क
पु०
 । वृष्णिवंश्ये अक्रूरपितरि क्षत्रियभेदे विष्णुपु० ।