kanya-kubja

kanya-kubja

N. of an ancient city of great note (in the north-western provinces of India, situated on the kālīnadī, a branch of the Gaṇgā, in the modern district of Farrukhabad;
the popular spelling of the name presents, perhaps, greater variations than that of any place in India <e.g.. Kanauj, Kunnoj, Kunnouj, Kinoge, Kinnoge, Kinnauj, Kanoj, Kannauj, Kunowj, Canowj Canoje, Canauj, etc.>;
in antiquity this city ranks next to Ayodhyā in Oude;
it is known in classical geography as Canogyza;
but the name applies alsoﾠ to its dependencies andﾠ the surrounding district;
the current etymology < kanyā, « a girl», shortened to kanya, andﾠ kubja, « round-shouldered orﾠ crooked» > refers to a legend in R. I, 32, 11 ff.,
relating to the hundred daughters of Kuṡanābha, the king of this city, who were all rendered crooked by Vāyu for non-compliance with his licentious desires;
the ruins of the ancient city are said to occupy a site larger than that of London) MBh. Kathās. etc.;
- deṡa m. the country round Kanyakubja

kanyā́-kubja

kubjá

m. N. of a person born under certain constellations andﾠ being an attendant of the model man Haṇsa VarBṛS. ;
a curved sword L. ;
a sort of fish (Bola Cuja) W. ;
the plant Achyranthes aspera (= apâ̱mārgá) L. ;
(ā) f. a kind of musical instrument;
<cf. nyubja andﾠ kanya-kubja;
+ cf. alsoﾠ Lith. kupra, kupotas;
Gk. κυφός, κύπτω;
Lat. gibbus, gibba, gibber
- कुब्जकण्टक
- कुब्जकिरात
- कुब्जता
- कुब्जपुष्प
- कुब्जलीढ
- कुब्जवामन
- कुब्जाम्र
- कुब्जाम्रक
- कुब्जालीढ
- कुब्जीकरण

kānyakubja

(mf (ī)n.) belonging to orﾠ dwelling in Kānyakubja;
(ī) f. a princess orﾠ a female inhabitant of Kānyakubja Comm. on Pāṇ. 4-1, 78 ;
In Kathās. LXI, 219 wrongly printed Kānyākubja

mahôdaya

pre-eminence, sovereignty L. ;
final emancipation L. ;
mfn. conferring great fortune orﾠ prosperity, very fortunate Mn. MBh. etc.;
thinking one's self very lucky BhP. ;
m. a lord, master L. ;
sour milk with honey L. ;
N. of a Vāsishṭha R. ;
of a royal chamberlain (who built a temple) Rājat. (cf. below);
of another man MBh. ;
of a mountain R. ;
(ā) f. N. of the city andﾠ district of Kānya-kubja Bālar. ( alsoﾠ m. L.);
Uraria Lagopodioides L. ;
an overgrown maiden L. ;
N. of a mythical town on mount Meru BhP. Sch. ;
of a hall orﾠ dwelling in the world of the moon Kād. ;
- svāmin m. N. of a temple built by Mahôdaya Rājat.

yaṡo-varman

of a poet ( alsoﾠ - ma-deva) Cat. ;
of various other men Kathās. Rājat.

viṡvā-mitra

viṡvā́-mitra

N. of a celebrated Ṛishi orﾠ Sage (having the patr. Gāthina, Gādheya, andﾠ Jāhnava;
he was at first a functionary, together with Vasishṭha, of Su-dās, king of the Tṛitsus;
seeing Vasishṭha preferred by the king, he went over to the Bharatas, but could not prevent their being defeated by Su-dās, although he caused the waters of the rivers Vipāṡ andﾠ Ṡutudri to retire andﾠ so give the Bharatas free passage RV. III, 33 ;
he was born as a Kshatriya, deriving his lineage from an ancestor of Kuṡika, named Purū-ravas, of the lunar race of kings, andﾠ himself sovereign of Kanyā-kubja orﾠ Kanoj;
his fame rests chiefly on his contests with the great Brāhman Vasishṭha, andﾠ his success in elevating himself. though a Kshatriya, to the rank of a Brāhman seeﾠ Manu VII, 42:
the Rāmayaṇa, which makes him a companion andﾠ counsellor of the young Rāma-candra, records I, 51-65 how Viṡvāmitra, on his accession to the throne, visited Vasishṭha's hermitage,
andﾠ seeing there the cow of plenty <probably typical of go, the earth >,
offered him untold treasures in exchange for it, but being refused, prepared to take it by force;
a long contest ensued between the king andﾠ the saint <symbolical of the struggles between the Kshatriya andﾠ Brāhmanical classes>,
which ended in the defeat of Viṡvāmitra, whose vexation was such that, in order to become a Brāhman andﾠ thus conquer his rival, he devoted himself to intense austerities
during which he was seduced by the nymph Menakā andﾠ had by her a daughter, Ṡakuntalā,
gradually increasing the rigour of his mortification through thousands of years, till he successively earned the titles of Rājarshi, Ṛishi, Maharshi, andﾠ finally Brahmarshi;
he is supposed to be the author of nearly the whole of RV. III, andﾠ of IX, 67, 1315; X, 137, 5; 167 ;
moreover, a law-book, a Dhanurveda, andﾠ a medical wk. are attributed to him) RV. etc. etc.;
a partic. Catur-aha (= viṡvāmitrasyasaṉjayaḥ) PañcavBr. KātyṠr. ;
a partic. Anuvāka (= viṡvāmitrasyâ̱nuvākaḥ) Pat. ;
pl. the family of Viṡvāmitra RV. AV. ;
(ā) f. N. of a river MBh. ;
- kalpa m. - pa-taru m. N. of wks.;
- jamad-agni m. du. Viṡvāmitra andﾠ Jamad-agni RV. ;
- nadī f. N. of a river MBh. ;
- pura n. orﾠ - purī f. N. of a town (- rīya mfn.) PratijñāS.;
- priya m. « dear to Viṡvāmitra», the cocoa-nut tree L. ;
N. of Kārttikeya MBh. ;
- rāṡi m. N. of a man Inscr. ;
- saṉhitā f. N. of sev. wks.;
- sṛishṭi f. Viṡvāmitra's creation (in allusion to several things fabled to have been created by this saint in rivalry of Brahmā. e.g.. the fruit of the Palmyra in imitation of the human skull, the buffalo in imitation of the cow, the ass of the horse etc.) MW. ;
- smṛiti f. N. of wk.