विश्वभुक्

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

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

--Indra of शुक्र devas whose cognates are Asuras. वा. ३१. ११; ५७. ९१ and १०२.

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

VIŚVABHUK I : A story about the birth of five Indras, on earth, in the form of Pāṇḍavas, is given in Mahā- bhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 196, Stanza 29. Viśvabhuk is one of them. The remaining four were, Bhūtadhāmā, Śibi, Śānti and Tejasvī.


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VIŚVABHUK II : The fourth son of Bṛhaspati. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 219, Stanza 17, that it is this Viśvabhuk, who sits in the stomach of all living things and digests food. This Agni (fire) is particularly worshipped in sacrifices. The Purāṇas say that the river Gomatī is the wife of this Agni (fire).


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*8th word in left half of page 869 (+offset) in original book.