तुखार
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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
तुखार (often spelt तुषारSee. also तुःख्and तुक्ख्) m. pl. N. of a people (northwest of मध्य-देश) AV.Paris3. li MBh. R. etc.
Purana Encyclopedia[सम्पाद्यताम्]
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Tukhāra, Tuṣāra : m. (pl.): Name of a people; name Tuṣāra occurs at 6. 71. 20; 12. 65. 13.
A. Location: Mentioned by Saṁjaya along with the northern melcchas of the Bhāratavarṣa (uttārāś cāpare mlecchā janā…) 6. 10. 63, 5; (khaśīkāś ca tukhārāś ca) 6. 10. 66; Pāṇḍavas on their return journey from Badarī crossed the country of Tukhāras before reaching Subāhu's realm 3. 174. 12.
B. Description: Fierce and doing cruel deeds (ugrāś ca krūrakarmāṇaḥ) 8. 51. 18; wrathful, fond of battles, strong and of firm fists (?) (saṁrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ) 8. 51. 19; nobody except Arjuna could defeat them 8. 51. 20.
C. Characteristic: Tuṣāras lived in countries but behaved like dasyus; Māndhātṛ asked Indra how they could be made to follow dharma and how they were to be controlled by kings like him 12. 65. 13, 15-16 (for citation see Kahva); Indra then told him their dharma 12. 65. 17-22; their country was rich in gold and famous for horses (see below Epic events
D. No. 1).
D. Epic events:
(1) They brought to Yudhiṣṭhira as tribute one arbuda horses of noble breed and going long distances (mahāgamān dūragamān gaṇitān arbudaṁ hayān) and gold by crores amounting to one padma (koṭiśaś caiva bahuśaḥ suvarṇaṁ padmasaṁmitam) 2. 47. 26-27;
(2) Their kings, afraid of the lustre of weapons (śastratejobhayārditān), acted as servers at the Rājasūya sacrifice 3. 48. 18; 21-22;
(3) Tukhāras had allied themselves with Duryodhana (ete suyodhanasyārthe saṁrabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha) 8. 51. 20;
(4) On the sixth day of war, Tuṣāras stood at the right wing of the Krauñcavyūha of the Kauravas 6. 71. 14, 20;
(5) On the seventeenth day of war, Tukhāras and others, riding horses, attacked Arjuna; Arjuna cut off with kṣura arrows their heads and hands holding excellent weapons (tukhārā…sādinaḥ…varāyudhān pāṇigatān karaiḥ saha…śirāṁsi ca) 8. 64. 16-17.
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Mahabharata Cultural Index[सम्पाद्यताम्]
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Tukhāra, Tuṣāra : m. (pl.): Name of a people; name Tuṣāra occurs at 6. 71. 20; 12. 65. 13.
A. Location: Mentioned by Saṁjaya along with the northern melcchas of the Bhāratavarṣa (uttārāś cāpare mlecchā janā…) 6. 10. 63, 5; (khaśīkāś ca tukhārāś ca) 6. 10. 66; Pāṇḍavas on their return journey from Badarī crossed the country of Tukhāras before reaching Subāhu's realm 3. 174. 12.
B. Description: Fierce and doing cruel deeds (ugrāś ca krūrakarmāṇaḥ) 8. 51. 18; wrathful, fond of battles, strong and of firm fists (?) (saṁrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ) 8. 51. 19; nobody except Arjuna could defeat them 8. 51. 20.
C. Characteristic: Tuṣāras lived in countries but behaved like dasyus; Māndhātṛ asked Indra how they could be made to follow dharma and how they were to be controlled by kings like him 12. 65. 13, 15-16 (for citation see Kahva); Indra then told him their dharma 12. 65. 17-22; their country was rich in gold and famous for horses (see below Epic events
D. No. 1).
D. Epic events:
(1) They brought to Yudhiṣṭhira as tribute one arbuda horses of noble breed and going long distances (mahāgamān dūragamān gaṇitān arbudaṁ hayān) and gold by crores amounting to one padma (koṭiśaś caiva bahuśaḥ suvarṇaṁ padmasaṁmitam) 2. 47. 26-27;
(2) Their kings, afraid of the lustre of weapons (śastratejobhayārditān), acted as servers at the Rājasūya sacrifice 3. 48. 18; 21-22;
(3) Tukhāras had allied themselves with Duryodhana (ete suyodhanasyārthe saṁrabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha) 8. 51. 20;
(4) On the sixth day of war, Tuṣāras stood at the right wing of the Krauñcavyūha of the Kauravas 6. 71. 14, 20;
(5) On the seventeenth day of war, Tukhāras and others, riding horses, attacked Arjuna; Arjuna cut off with kṣura arrows their heads and hands holding excellent weapons (tukhārā…sādinaḥ…varāyudhān pāṇigatān karaiḥ saha…śirāṁsi ca) 8. 64. 16-17.
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*1st word in left half of page p735_mci (+offset) in original book.