पुलस्त्य

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

पुलस्त्यः, पुं, सप्तर्षीणां मध्ये ऋषिविशेषः । इति शब्दरत्नावली ॥ स ब्रह्मणः कर्णाभ्यां जातः । तस्य भार्य्या हविर्भूः कर्द्दमकन्या । तस्य पुत्त्रः अगस्त्यः विश्रवाश्च । इति श्रीभागवतम् ॥ यथा, हरिवंशे । ७ । ८ । “मरीचिरत्रिर्भगवानङ्गिराः पुलहः क्रतुः । पुलस्त्यश्च वशिष्ठश्च सप्तैते ब्रह्मणः सुताः ॥”

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

पुलस्त्य¦ पु॰ सप्तर्षिभेदे स च ब्रह्मणः कर्णती जातः तस्य भार्य्याकर्द्दमकन्या हविर्भूः। तस्य पुत्रा अगस्त्यः विश्रवाश्चतत्कथा भाग॰

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

पुलस्त्य¦ m. (-स्त्यः) A Ri4shi so named: see the last.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

पुलस्त्य/ पुलस् m. N. of an ancient ऋषि(one of the mind-born sons of ब्रह्मा; also enumerated among the प्रजा-पतिs and seven sages , and described as a lawgiver) AV. Paris3. Pravar. Mn. MBh. etc. ( IW. 517 n. 1 )

पुलस्त्य/ पुलस् m. N. of शिवS3ivag.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

--a mind-born son of ब्रह्मा born of his ears in वारुणी यज्न; married Kardama's daughter Havir- भू; father of Agastya (ध्राग्नि in another birth) and विश्रवस्; फलकम्:F1: भा. III. १२. २२ and २४; २४. २२; IV. 1. ३६; Br. II. ३२. ९६; III. 1. २१ and ४५; M. 3. 6; वा. २५. ८२; ६१. ८२; ६५. ४२; ९४. ३६; १०१. ३५, ४९.फलकम्:/F a महऋषि; sage presiding over the month of Madhu; फलकम्:F2: भा. XII. ११. ३३; M. १४५. ९०; वा. ५२. 2; Vi. II. १०. 3.फलकम्:/F आश्रम of; near Pulaha's; फलकम्:F3: भा. V. 8. ३०.फलकम्:/F requested पराशर to impart भागवत to Maitreya; फलकम्:F4: Ib. III. 8. 9.फलकम्:/F not seen the Supreme Being; फलकम्:F5: Ib. IV. २९. ४३.फलकम्:/F came to स्यमन्तपञ्चक to see कृष्ण; फलकम्:F6: Ib. X. ८४. 4.फलकम्:/F a देवऋषि of दारुवन; फलकम्:F7: Br. II. ३५. ९२; २७. १०४; III. 1. २१, ४५.फलकम्:/F married the twelve daughters of Krodha, whose sons were उरगस् and नगस्; फलकम्:F8: Ib. III. 7. १७१; 8. ७०; II. ३५. ९२.फलकम्:/F father of Kubera and रावण and appealed to कार्तवीर्य Arjuna to release रावण; फलकम्:F9: Ib. III. ६९. ३६; M. ४३. ३८.फलकम्:/F his sons are the groups of यक्षस्, राक्षसस्, etc., who worship the बर्हिषद् manes; फलकम्:F१०: Ib. १५. 1-4.फलकम्:/F praised शिव, out to des- troy Tripuram; फलकम्:F११: Ib. १०२. १९; १२६. 3; १३३. ६७.फलकम्:/F from the केश of fire to which ब्रह्मा's शुक्रम् was offered; फलकम्:F१२: Ib. १७१. २७; १९५. १०.फलकम्:/F gave वामन white cloths. फलकम्:F१३: Ib. २४५. ८७.फलकम्:/F [page२-359+ ४७]

(II)--created from उदान; फलकम्:F1:  Br. I. 1. ११७; 5. ७०; वा. I. १३८; 3. 3.फलकम्:/F a son of ब्रह्मा and the elder brother of Pulaha; फलकम्:F2:  Ib. २५. ८२; ३६. ४८; Vi. I. 1. २२-3.फलकम्:/F of the स्वायम्भुव epoch; फलकम्:F3:  वा. 9. १०२; २८. २२.फलकम्:/F married प्रीती, daughter of दक्ष; फलकम्:F4:  Br. II. 9. १८, २४, ५५.फलकम्:/F father of three sons, of whom दत्तालि was one; फलकम्:F5:  Ib. II. ११. २६; १३. ५३; वा. ३१. १६.फलकम्:/F married to भूति; फलकम्:F6:  Vi. I. 7. 5 and 7.फलकम्:/F by his gift पराशर remembered the विष्णु पुराण। फलकम्:F7:  Ib. VI. 8. ५०.फलकम्:/F

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

PULASTYA : One of the Prajāpatis.

1) Birth and marriage. Pulastya is one of the six spirit- ual sons of Brahmā. Pulastya was born from the Karṇa--ear--of Brahmā. (Chapter 65, Ādi Parva and Bhāgavata).

Pulastya had a son named Dattoli (Dambholi) of his wife Prīti. This Dattoli in his previous birth was the Agastya of Svāyambhuva Manvantara. (Chapter 10, Aṁśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).

Pulastya had a son named Viśravas of his wife Havir- bhū. (4th Skandha, Bhāgavata). Mahābhārata states that Pulastya had two wives named Sandhyā and Pratīcī. Havirbhū mother of Viśravas had another name, Māninī.

All these statements taken together indicate that Pulas- tya had four wives named Prīti, Havirbhū, Sandhyā and Pratīcī.

2) Genealogy. The race formed by Pulastya is given below: Pulastya got a son named Viśravas of his wife Havirbhū alias Māninī. Viśravas had two wives named Kaikasī and Devavarṇinī alias Ilabilā. Kaikasī had three sons, Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and Vibhīṣaṇa and a daughter named Śūrpaṇakhā. Rāvaṇa got of his wife Mandodarī three sons, Meghanāda, Atikāya and Akṣakumāra. Kumbhakarṇa got of his wife Vajra- mālā two sons named Kumbha and Nikumbha. Vibhī- ṣaṇa got of his wife Saramā seven sons. Viśravas got of his wife Ilabilā a son named Vaiśravaṇa alias Kubera.

3) Birth of Viśravas. In olden times in Tretāyuga Pulastya Maharṣi was doing penance on Mt. Meru. On a nearby hillock the sage Tṛṇabindu was also doing penance. Celestial maidens, Nāga maidens and their lovers came to the āśrama and by their erotic sports and dances vitiated the precincts of the āśrama. Pulastya got angry and cursed all the maidens to become preg- nant if they entered the āśrama area. Without know- ing this curse Māninī, daughter of Tṛṇabindu came to that spot and got pregnant of Pulastya. Pulastya then married her and the celebrated Maharṣi Viśravas was born to her.

4) How he saved Rāvaṇa. Once Rāvaṇa who started on a victory campaign met Kārtavīryārjuna on the shores of Narmadā. Kārtavīryārjuna chained Rāvaṇa in the former's prison. Pulastya was grieved much to hear about the plight of his grandson and going to Kārta- vīryārjuna and explaining things got the release of Rāvaṇa. (Chapter 46, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa).

5) Other details.

(i) Pulastya once blessed Parāśara for the writing of Purāṇas. (Chapter 1, Aṁśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).

(ii) Rākṣasas, Vānaras (monkeys), Kinnaras, Gandh- arvas and Yakṣas were born from the intelligent Pulastya. (Śloka 7, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva).

(iii) He was present for the Janmotsava of Arjuna. (Śloka 52, Chapter 122, Ādi Parva).

(iv) Parāśara once started to perform a Yāga to dest- roy all the rākṣasas. Pulastya along with other sages went and persuaded him to withdraw from his venture. (Chapter 180, Ādi Parva).

(v) Pulastya was a member of the court of Indra. (Śloka 17, Chapter 7, Sabhā Parva).

(vi) Pulastya sits in the court of Brahmā and worships him. (Śloka 19, Chapter 11, Ādi Parva).

(vii) Once Pulastya taught Bhīṣma the importance and greatness of all the holy places of Bhārata. From then onwards Pulastya is called the Guru of Bhīṣma also. (Chapter 82, Vana Parva).

(viii) Pulastya got of his wife Gau a son named Kubera. (Śloka 12, Chapter 274, Vana Parva).

(ix) Viśravas was born of half of the body of Pulastya. (Chapter 274, Śloka 13 Ādi Parva).

(x) Pulastya was present for the birth day celebrations of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 9, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).

(xi) Pulastya also visited Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows. (Śloka 10, Chapter 47, Śānti Parva).

(xii) Pulastya was one among the twentyone Prajāpatis. (See under Prajāpati).

(xiii) Pulastya is included in the group of Saptarṣis called Citraśikhaṇḍins. (Śloka 29, Chapter 335, Śānti Parva).

(xiv) Pulastya is one of the Aṣṭaprakṛtis. (Chapter 340, (Śānti Parva).

(xv) As synonyms of Pulastya the following terms are used: Brahmarṣi, Viprayogī. (Mahābhārata).


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