सौराष्ट्रक

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

कल्पद्रुमः

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

सौराष्ट्रकम्, क्ली, (सुराष्ट्रे भवम् । अण् । ततः कन् ।) पञ्चलोहम् । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥

शब्दसागरः

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

सौराष्ट्रक¦ n. (-कं) A sort of white or bell metal. E. सौराष्ट्र Sura4t, and कन् added.

Apte

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

सौराष्ट्रकः [saurāṣṭrakḥ], A kind of bell-metal.

Monier-Williams

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

सौराष्ट्रक mf( इका)n. relating to or coming from Surat VarBr2S.

सौराष्ट्रक m. pl. the inhabitants of -S सौराष्ट्रib.

सौराष्ट्रक n. a kind of metal L.

सौराष्ट्रक n. a kind of poison (either of a snake or a vegetable or mineral poison) MW.

Purana Encyclopedia

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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Mahabharata Cultural Index

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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