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Purana Encyclopedia[सम्पाद्यताम्]
 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Śauṇḍika : m. (pl.): Name of a people.
A. Epic event: Their chiefs (kṣatriyāḥ) brought tribute in hundreds for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira; at the instance of the king, they were stopped at the gate by the gatekeepers and were asked to give more tribute; when each one of them further gave elephants (their description 2. 48. 1920), they were allowed to enter (āhārṣuḥ kṣatriyā vittaṁ śataśo'jātaśatrave/…tatra sma dvārapālais te procyante rājaśāsanāt/ kṛtakārāḥ subalayas tato dvāram avāpsyatha//) 2. 48. 15-16, 18-20 (Nī., Bom. Ed. 2. 52. 19: reads kṛtakālāḥ and explains the word as kṛtaprastāvāḥ and remarks kṛtadvārā iti pāṭhe dvāram pratīhāreṇa sakhyam/).
B. Their low social status: Originally Kṣatriyas, Śauṇḍikas were degraded to the status of a vṛṣala due to their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (tās tāḥ kṣatriyajātayaḥ/vṛṣalatvam anuprāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//) 13. 33. 15. 17-19.
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*3rd word in left half of page p892_mci (+offset) in original book.
Mahabharata Cultural Index[सम्पाद्यताम्]
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Śauṇḍika : m. (pl.): Name of a people.
A. Epic event: Their chiefs (kṣatriyāḥ) brought tribute in hundreds for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira; at the instance of the king, they were stopped at the gate by the gatekeepers and were asked to give more tribute; when each one of them further gave elephants (their description 2. 48. 1920), they were allowed to enter (āhārṣuḥ kṣatriyā vittaṁ śataśo'jātaśatrave/…tatra sma dvārapālais te procyante rājaśāsanāt/ kṛtakārāḥ subalayas tato dvāram avāpsyatha//) 2. 48. 15-16, 18-20 (Nī., Bom. Ed. 2. 52. 19: reads kṛtakālāḥ and explains the word as kṛtaprastāvāḥ and remarks kṛtadvārā iti pāṭhe dvāram pratīhāreṇa sakhyam/).
B. Their low social status: Originally Kṣatriyas, Śauṇḍikas were degraded to the status of a vṛṣala due to their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (tās tāḥ kṣatriyajātayaḥ/vṛṣalatvam anuprāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//) 13. 33. 15. 17-19.
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*3rd word in left half of page p892_mci (+offset) in original book.