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सुराष्ट्रः, पुं, (शोभनं राष्ट्रं यस्य ।) देशवि- शेषः । सुरत् इति ख्यातः । स तु भारतवर्षस्य प्रतोच्यां दिशि वर्त्तते । इति सौराष्ट्रिकशब्द- टीकायां भरतः ॥ (यथा महाभारते । ३ । ८८ । १९ । “सुराष्ट्रे ष्वपि वक्ष्यामि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥” श्रीरामचन्द्रस्य परिवारविशेषः । स तु श्रीराम- यन्त्रे पद्मदलमध्यतः पूज्यः । यथा, अगस्त्य- संहितायाम् । “धूम्रं जयन्तं विजयं सुराष्ट्रं राष्ट्रवर्द्धनम् । अकोपं धूम्रपालाख्यं सुमन्त्रं दलमध्यतः ॥” इति तिथ्यादितत्त्वम् ॥
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सुराष्ट्र¦ पु॰
६ ब॰। देशभेदे (सुरट)। सोऽभिजनोऽस्य तस्यराजा वा अण्। सौराष्ट्र पित्रादिक्रमेण तद्देशवासिनिजने तन्नृपे च बहुषु अणो लुक्। तत्र भवः अण्। तद्देशभवे त्रि॰ स्त्रियां ङीप्।
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सुराष्ट्र¦ m. (-ष्ट्रः) A country on the western side of India, Surat. E. सु good, and राष्ट्र district.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सुराष्ट्र/ सु--राष्ट्र mf( आ)n. ( सु-)having good dominion etc. TS.
सुराष्ट्र/ सु--राष्ट्र m. N. of a country on the western side of India (commonly called Surat) MBh. Hariv. etc.
सुराष्ट्र/ सु--राष्ट्र m. of a minister of दश-रथRa1matUp.
सुराष्ट्र/ सु--राष्ट्र m. pl. the country or the inhabitants of -SSurat MBh. R. etc.
सुराष्ट्र/ सु-राष्ट्र etc. See. p. 1232 , col. 2.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
--a western kingdom visited by Vidura from the सरस्वती. Its king attacked the eastern side of Gomanta with जरासन्ध. भा. II. १६. ६२; M. १६३. ७२. भा. III. 1. २४; X ५२. ११ [5].
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Surāṣṭra (Saurāṣṭraka) : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people.
A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68: Viṣaya 2. 28. 40) of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (surāṣṭrāḥ kekayās tathā) 6. 10. 47; near the western ocean (see the next).
B. Holiness: There were in Surāṣṭra holy places (āyatanāni) like Camasonmajjana, Prabhāsa in the nearby ocean (prabhāsaṁ codadhau tīrtham), and Piṇḍāraka; holy cities like Dvāravatī (puṇyā dvāravatī); rivers, lakes and holy mountains (puṇye girau) like Ujjayanta (saritaḥ śailān sarāṁsi ca…/surāṣṭreṣu…puṇyāny āyatanāni ca) 3. 86. 16-24 (for Camasonmajjana, Prabhāsa, Piṇḍāraka, Dvāravatī and mountain Ujjayanta see Vol. I).
C. Characteristic: According to the demon Kalmāṣapāda people of Surāṣṭra were of mixed caste (saṁkarā vai surāṣṭrāḥ) 8. 30. 73.
D. Epic events:
(1) Sahadeva in his expedition to the south of Indraprastha before the Rājasūya (prayayau dakṣiṇāṁ diśam 2. 28. 1, 37; 2. 23. 9) brought under control Āhṛti, the king of Surāṣṭras, with great effort; while he lived there (surāṣṭraviṣayasthaś ca) he sent for Rukmin, the king of Bhojakaṭa 2. 28. 39-40;
(2) Before the start of the war, on the battlefield, Bṛhadbala helped by great chariotfighters from Surāṣṭra and other countries, ready with their weapons, protected the army of Kauravas in the south (mahārathair…saurāṣṭrakair…āttaśastraiḥ/ bṛhadbalaḥ…balaṁ tvadīyaṁ dakṣiṇato 'bhipāti) 6. 20. 14;
(3) From the countries of the southern ocean, the Aśvamedha horse went to Gokarṇa, Prabhāsa and Dvāravati in Surāṣṭra (surāṣṭrān abhito yayau) 14. 84. 12-13.
E. Past events: Kuśarddhika, the king of Surāṣṭra, named by Bhīma among the eighteen infamous kings, who extirpated their kinsmen, friends and their relatives (aṣṭādaśeme rājānaḥ prakhyātā…/ye samuccicchidur jñātīn suhṛdaś ca sabāndhavān…surāṣṭrāṇāṁ kuśarddhikaḥ) 5. 72. 11, 14.
F. Āhṛti, the king of Surāṣṭra, is referred to as surāṣṭrādhipati 2. 28. 39.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Surāṣṭra (Saurāṣṭraka) : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people.
A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68: Viṣaya 2. 28. 40) of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (surāṣṭrāḥ kekayās tathā) 6. 10. 47; near the western ocean (see the next).
B. Holiness: There were in Surāṣṭra holy places (āyatanāni) like Camasonmajjana, Prabhāsa in the nearby ocean (prabhāsaṁ codadhau tīrtham), and Piṇḍāraka; holy cities like Dvāravatī (puṇyā dvāravatī); rivers, lakes and holy mountains (puṇye girau) like Ujjayanta (saritaḥ śailān sarāṁsi ca…/surāṣṭreṣu…puṇyāny āyatanāni ca) 3. 86. 16-24 (for Camasonmajjana, Prabhāsa, Piṇḍāraka, Dvāravatī and mountain Ujjayanta see Vol. I).
C. Characteristic: According to the demon Kalmāṣapāda people of Surāṣṭra were of mixed caste (saṁkarā vai surāṣṭrāḥ) 8. 30. 73.
D. Epic events:
(1) Sahadeva in his expedition to the south of Indraprastha before the Rājasūya (prayayau dakṣiṇāṁ diśam 2. 28. 1, 37; 2. 23. 9) brought under control Āhṛti, the king of Surāṣṭras, with great effort; while he lived there (surāṣṭraviṣayasthaś ca) he sent for Rukmin, the king of Bhojakaṭa 2. 28. 39-40;
(2) Before the start of the war, on the battlefield, Bṛhadbala helped by great chariotfighters from Surāṣṭra and other countries, ready with their weapons, protected the army of Kauravas in the south (mahārathair…saurāṣṭrakair…āttaśastraiḥ/ bṛhadbalaḥ…balaṁ tvadīyaṁ dakṣiṇato 'bhipāti) 6. 20. 14;
(3) From the countries of the southern ocean, the Aśvamedha horse went to Gokarṇa, Prabhāsa and Dvāravati in Surāṣṭra (surāṣṭrān abhito yayau) 14. 84. 12-13.
E. Past events: Kuśarddhika, the king of Surāṣṭra, named by Bhīma among the eighteen infamous kings, who extirpated their kinsmen, friends and their relatives (aṣṭādaśeme rājānaḥ prakhyātā…/ye samuccicchidur jñātīn suhṛdaś ca sabāndhavān…surāṣṭrāṇāṁ kuśarddhikaḥ) 5. 72. 11, 14.
F. Āhṛti, the king of Surāṣṭra, is referred to as surāṣṭrādhipati 2. 28. 39.
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