ṡiṡu-pāla

ṡíṡu-pāla

N. of the king of the Cedis inhabiting a country in central India, probably the same as Bundelkhand ( seeﾠ cedi;
he was son of Dama-ghosha, andﾠ is alsoﾠ called Sunītha;
his impiety in opposing the worship of Kṛishṇa is described in the Sabhā-parvan of the Mahā-bhārata;
when Yudhi-shthira was about to perform a Rājasūya sacrifice, numerous princes attended, andﾠ Bhishma proposed that especial honour should be paid to Kṛishṇa, who was alsoﾠ present,
but Ṡiṡu-pāla objected, andﾠ after denouncing Kṛishṇa as a contemptible person challenged him to fight, whereupon Kṛishṇa struck off his head with his discus;
the Vishṇu-Purāṇa identifies this impious monarch with the demons Hiraṇya-kaṡipu andﾠ Rāvaṇa;
his death forms the subject of Māgha's celebrated poem called Ṡiṡupāla-vadha);
- kathā f. N. of a tale;
- nishū Ṡiṡpāla-vadha);
- kathā f. N. of a tale;
- nishūdana m. destroyer of Ṡisu-pāla
N. of Kṛishṇa L. ;
- vadha m. « slaying of Ṡisu»
N. of a poem by Māgha (q.v.) on the above subject;
- vadha-parvan n. N. of a ch. of the Mahā-bhārata II, 1418-1627 on the same subject;
- ṡiraṡ-chettṛi ( Pañcar.) andﾠ - han ( W.) m. N. of Kṛishṇa

ṡíṡu-pālaka

N. of a king (= ṡiṡu-pāla) L. ;
the plant Nauclea Cordifolia L.

dáma-ghosha

MBh. I-III Hariv. VP. IV, 14, 13 BhP. VII, IX ;
- ja m. « son of Daksha», Ṡiṡu-pāla Ṡiṡ. II, 60 ;
- suta m. id. XVI, 1.

cedi

renowned for their attachment to ancient laws andﾠ institutions MBh. ;
their capital was Ṡuktimatī;
some of their kings were vasu Uparicara, Subāhu, Dhṛishṭa-ketu, Dama-ghosha, Siṡu-pāla etc.) RV. VIII, 5, 39 MBh. R. etc.. ;
m. sg. N. of the supposed ancestor of the Cedis (son of Kaiṡika orﾠ Uṡika) BhP. IX, 24, 2. ;
- चेदिनगरी
- चेदिप
- चेदिपति
- चेदिपुरी
- चेदिभूभुज्
- चेदिभूभृत्
- चेदिराज्
- चेदिराज
- चेदिविषय
- चेदिहूण

cedi-bhūbhṛit

cedi-rāja

caidyá

a prince of the Cedis
(esp. Ṡiṡu-pāla MBh. I, 129; II, 1523 Hariv. 1804 f. BhP. VII, 1, 15 and 30; IX, 24, 2)
RV. VIII, 5, 37 f. ;
(pl.) the Cedi people L. ;
(ā) f. a princess of the Cedis MBh. I, 3831.

rukmiṇī

N. of a daughter of Bhīshmaka andﾠ sister of Rukmin (betrothed by her father to Ṡiṡu-pala but a secret lover of Kṛishṇi, who, assisted by Bala-rāma, carried her off after defeating her brother in battle;
she is represented as mother of Pradyumna, andﾠ in later mythology is identified with Lakshmī) MBh. Kāv. Pur. ;
N. of Dākshāyaṇī in Dvāravatī Cat. ;
of various other women HPariṡ. ;
- रुक्मिणीकल्याण
- रुक्मिणीकृष्णवल्ली
- रुक्मिणीचम्पु
- रुक्मिणीतीर्थ
- रुक्मिणीनाटक
- रुक्मिणीपरिणय
- रुक्मिणीव्रत
- रुक्मिणीश
- रुक्मिणीस्वयंवर
- रुक्मिणीहरण
- रुक्मिणीह्रद

ṡarabhá

it is represented as stronger than the lion andﾠ the elephant;
cf. ashṭa-pad andﾠ mahā-skandhin) AV. etc. etc.;
a young elephant L. ;
a camel L. ;
a grasshopper (= ṡalabha) W. ;
a locust ib. ;
a kind of metre Col.;
N. of Vishṇu MW. ;
of an Upanishad. (cf. ṡarabhôpanishad);
of an Asura MBh. ;
of two serpent-demons ib. ;
of various men RV. MBh. etc.;
of a son of Ṡiṡu-pāla MBh. ;
of brother of Ṡakuni ib. ;
of a prince of the Aṡmakas Hcar. ;
of a monkey in Rāma's army R. ;
(pl.) N. of a people MBh. ( B. ṡabara);
(ā) f. a girl with withered limbs andﾠ therefore unfit for marriage GṛS. ;
(prob.) a kind of wooden machine
+ cf. accord. toﾠ some, Gk. κίραφος, κόραφος
- शरभकल्पतन्त्र
- शरभकवच
- शरभकेतु
- शरभता
- शरभपक्षिराजप्रकरण
- शरभपद्धति
- शरभमन्त्र
- शरभमालामन्त्र
- शरभराजविलास
- शरभलील
- शरभलीलाकथा
- शरभविधान
- शरभसहस्रनामन्
- शरभस्तोत्र
- शरभहृदय

ṡrutá-ṡravas

f. ( alsoﾠ - vā) N. of a daughter of Ṡūra (mother of Ṡiṡu-pāla andﾠ sister of Vasu-deva) ib. ;
- vo'nuja m. the planet Saturn (said to be one of the sons of Sūrya) L.

sātvatī

(scil. vṛitti q.v.) one of 4 divisions of dramatic style (expressive of, bravery, generosity, cheerfulness, andﾠ the marvellous;
it is of four kinds, viz. utthāpaka, saṉghātya, parivartaka, andﾠ saṉlāpa) Bhar. Daṡar. Sāh. ;
- सात्वतीसूनु

sātvatī-sūnu

N. of Ṡiṡu-pāla Ṡiṡ.

su-nīthá

well-conducted, righteous, moral, good Uṇ. II, 2 Sch. ;
m. a partic. verse MBh. ;
a Brāhman L. ;
N. of a man RV. V, 79, 2 ;
of a son of Kṛishṇa Hariv. ;
of a son of Saṃnati orﾠ Saṃtati ib. ;
of a son of Su-sheṇa BhP. ;
of a son of Su-bala ib. ;
of Ṡiṡu-pāla MBh. ;
of a Dānava Kathās. ;
(ā) f. ( alsoﾠ - tha-kanyā) N. of the first-born daughter of Mṛityu orﾠ death (wife of Aṇga.) MBh. Hariv. BhP.