kimpurusha-varsha

kim-púrusha


perhaps originally a kind of monkey <cf. BhP. XI, 16, 29 >;
in later times the word is usually identified with kiṉ-nara, though sometimes applied to other beings in which the figure of a man andﾠ that of an animal are combined;
these beings are supposed to live on Hema-kūṭa andﾠ are regarded as the attendants of Kubera;
with Jains the Kimpurushas, like the Kiṃnaras, belong to the Vyantaras);
N. of one of the nine sons of Āgnīdhra (having the Varsha Kimpurusha as his hereditary portion) VP. ;
a division of the earth (one of the nine Khaṇḍas orﾠ portions into which the earth is divided, andﾠ described as the country between the Himâcala andﾠ Hema-kūṭa mountains, alsoﾠ called kimpurusha-varsha Kād.) VP. BhP. MatsyaP. etc.;
(ī) f. a female Kimpurusha R. VII, 88, 22 ;
kimpurushī- 1. kṛi, to change into a Kimpurusha ib. ;
kimpurushêṡa m. « lord of the Kimpurushas»
N. of Druma MBh. II, 410 Hariv. 5014 = 5495 ;
- shêṡvara m. N. of Kubera L.

hema-kūṭa

N. of one of the ranges of mountains dividing the known continent into 9 Varshas (situated north of Himâlaya andﾠ forming with it the boundaries of the Kiṃnara orﾠ Kimpurusha Varsha;
seeﾠ varsha) MBh. Hariv. etc.;
of a monkey R. ;
- māhātmya n. N. of wk.

kim-pūrushá

a mongrel being (= - purushá) BhP. etc.;
(am) n. N. of the Kimpurusha-varsha L.

kiṉ-nara

m. « what sort of man?» a mythical being with a human figure andﾠ the head of a horse ( orﾠ with a horse's body andﾠ the head of a man Ṡiṡ. IV, 38 ;
originally perhaps a kind of monkey cf. vā-nara;
in later times (like the Naras) reckoned among the Gandharvas orﾠ celestial choristers, andﾠ celebrated as musicians;
alsoﾠ attached to the service of Kubera;
(with Jains) one of the eight orders of the Vyantaras) Mn. MBh. etc.;
N. of a prince VP. ;
of Nara (a son of Vibhīshaṇa) Rājat. I, 197 ;
of the attendant of the fifteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpinī Jain. ;
N. of a locality gaṇa takshaṡilâ̱di;
(ā) f. a kind of musical instrument L. (cf. κινύρα);
(ī) f. a female Kiṃnara R. Megh. etc.;
a female Kimpurusha R. VII, 89, 3 ;
the lute of the Caṇḍālas L. ;
- kaṇṭha mfn. singing like a Kiṃnara Viddh. ;
- nagara n. a town of the Kiṃnaras Divyâ̱v. ;
- pati m. « the lord of the Kiṃnaras»
N. of Kubera Bālar. ;
- varsha m. a division of the earth (said to be north of the Himālaya mountains);
kiṉnarêṡa, - ṡvara m. « the lord of the Kiṃnaras»
N. of Kubera L.