kirāta

Kirata.

ās m. pl. N. of a degraded mountain-tribe (inhabiting woods andﾠ mountains andﾠ living by hunting, having become Ṡūdras by their neglect of all prescribed religious rites;

mf (ī)n. belonging to the Kirāta tribe TāṇḍyaBr. ;

n. N. of a poem by Bhāravi (describing the combat of Arjuna with the god Ṡiva in the form of a wild mountaineer orﾠ Kirāta;

m. a merchant Rājat. VIII, 132 (cf. kirīṭa.)

m. the plant Agathotes Chirayta (a kind of gentian) Suṡr.

m. id. ib.

n. a kind of sandalwood Gal

m. « swallowing the Kirātas»

किरातः [किरं पर्यन्तभूमिं अतति गच्छतीति किरातः]

1 N. of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; वैयाकरणकिरातादपशब्दमृगाः क्व यान्तु संत्रस्ताः । यदि नटगणकचिकित्सकवैतालिकवदनकन्दरा न स्युः ॥ Subhāṣ.; Pt.1.17; पर्यन्ताश्रयिभिर्निजस्य सदृशं नाम्नः किरातैः कृतम् Ratn.2.3; Ku.1.6,15. जवार इति यद्राज्यं किरातानां पुरातनम् Parṇāl 1.39.

-2 A savage, barbarian.

-3 A dwarf.

-4 A groom, a horseman.

-5 N. of Śiva in the disguise of a Kirāta.

-6 A species of fish; किरातो लुब्धके देववाहिनीमत्स्यभेदयोः Nm.

-7 N. of a medicinal herb (Mar. किराईत, चिराईत, भूनिंब)

-ताः (pl.) N. of a country.

-Comp. -अर्जुनीयम् N. of a poem by Bhāravi (in which the combat of Arjuna with Śiva in the form of a Kirāta or mountaineer is poetically described.)

-आशिन् m. an epithet of Garuḍa.

-तिक्तः N. of a medicinal herb (Mar. किराईत, चिराईत).

किराती 1 A female Kirāta, a woman of the Kirāta tribe.

-2 A woman who carries a fly-flap or chowri; नौसंश्रयः पार्श्वगतां किरातीमुपात्तबालव्यजनां बभाषे R.16.57.

-3 A bawd, a procuress.

-4 Pārvatī in the disguise of a Kirātī.

-5 The celestial Gaṅgā.

अर्जुन a. [अर्ज्-उनन् णिलुक् च Uṇ.3.58] (

-ना, -नी f.).

1 White, clear, bright, of the colour of day; अहश्च कृष्णमहरर्जुनं च Rv.6.9.1; पिशङ्गमौञ्जीयुजमर्जुनच्छविम् Śi.1.6.

-2 Silvery; यत्र वः प्रेङ्खा हरिता अर्जुना Av.4.37.5.

-नः 1 The white colour.

-2 A peacock.

-3 A sort of cutaneous disease.

-4 A tree (Mar. अर्जुनसादडा), with useful rind; Mb.3.64.3.

-5 N. of the third Pāṇḍava who was a son of Kuntī by Indra and hence called ऐन्द्रि also. [Arjuna was so called because he was 'white' or 'pure in actions' (पृथिव्यां चतुरन्तायां वर्णो मे दुर्लभः समः । करोमि कर्म शुद्धं च तेन मामर्जनं विदुः). He was taught the use of arms by Droṇa and was his favourite pupil. By his skill in arms he won Draupadī at her Svayaṁvara (see Draupadī). For an involuntary transgression he went into temporary exile and during that time he learnt the science of arms from Paraśurāma. He married Ulūpī, a Nāga Princess, by whom he had a son named Irāvat, and also Chitrāṅgadā, daughter of the king of Maṇipura, who bore him a son named Babhruvāhana. During this exile he visited Dvārakā, and with the help and advice of Kṛiṣṇa succeeded in marrying Subhadrā. By her he had a son named Abhimanyu. Afterwards he obtained the bow (Gāṇḍiva from the god Agni whom he assisted in burning the Khāṇḍva forest. When Dharma, his eldest brother, lost the kingdom by gambling, and the five brothers went into exile, he went to the Himālayas to propitiate the gods and to obtain from them celestial weapons for use in the contemplated war against Kauravas. There he fought with Śiva who appeared in the disguise of a Kirāta; but when he discovered the true character of his adversary he worshipped him and Śiva gave him the Pāśupatāstra. Indra, Varuṇa, Yama and Kubera also presented him with their own weapons. In the 13th year of their exile, the Pāṇḍavas entered the service of the King of Virāṭa and he had to act the part of a eunuch, and music and dancing master. In the great war with the Kauravas Arjuna took a very distinguished part. He secured the assistance of Kṛiṣṇa who acted as his charioteer and related to him the Bhagavadgītā when on the first day of the battle he hesitated to bend his bow against his own kinsmen. In the course of the great struggle he slew or vanquished several redoubtable warriors on the side of the Kauravas, such as Jayadratha, Bhīṣma, Karṇa &c. After Yudhiṣṭhira had been installed sovereign of Hastināpura, he resolved to perform the Aśvamedha sacrifice, and a horse was let loose with Arjuna as its guardian. Arjuna followed it through many cities and Countries and fought with many kings. At the city of Maṇipura he had to fight with his own son Babhruvāhana and was killed; but he was restored to life by a charm supplied by his wife Ulūpī. He traversed the whole of Bharata- khaṇda and returned to Hastināpura, loaded with spoils and tributes, and the great horse-sacrifice was then duly performed. He was afterwards called by Kṛiṣna to Dvārakā amid the internecine struggles of the Yādavas and there he performed the funeral ceremonies of Vasudeva and Kṛiṣṇa. Soon after this the five Pāṅdavas repaired to heaven having installed Parīkṣit -the only surviving son of Abhimanyu-- on the throne of Hastināpura. Arjuna was the bravest of the Pāṇdavas, high-minded, generous, upright, handsome and the most prominent figure of all his brothers. He has several appellations, such a Pārtha, Gudākeśa, Savyasāchī, Dhanañjaya, Phālguna, Kirītin, Jīṣṇu, Śvetavāhana, Gāṇḍivin &c.] cf. अर्जनः फाल्गुनो जिष्णुः किरीटी श्वेतवाहनः । बीभत्सुर्विजयः कृष्णः सव्यसाची धनञ्जयः ॥

-6 N. of Kārtavīrya, slain by Parasurāma See कार्तवीर्य.

-7 N. of a country Bṛi. S.14. 25.

-8 The only son of his mother.

-9 N. of Indra.

-1 N. of a tree, Jerminalia Arjuna (Mar. अईन). The tree is rarer in south India. The colour of its bark is white. It is a forest-tree bearing fragrant flowers appearing in panicles like those of the Mango-tree.

-नी 1 A procuress, bawd.

-2 A cow. तथार्जुनीनां कपिला वरिष्ठा Mb.13.73.42.

-3 A kind of serpent; अर्जुनि पुनर्वोयन्तु˚ Av.2.24.7.

-4 N. of Uṣhā, wife of Aniruddha.

-5 N. of a river com- monly called करतोया.

-6 (न्यौ, -न्यः dual and pl.) N. of the constellation Phalgunī. अघासु हन्यन्ते गावो$र्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते Rv.1.85.13.

-नम् 1 Silver. वीरुद्भिष्टे अर्जुनं संविदानम् Av.5.28.5.

-2 Gold.

-3 Slight inflammation of the white of the eye.

-4 Grass.

-न<?> (Pl.) The descend- ants of Arjuna; cf. अर्जुनः ककुभे पार्थे कार्तवीर्यमयूरयोः । मातुरेकसुते वृक्षे धवले नयनामये । तृणभेदे गवि स्त्री स्यात्...Nm.

-Comp. -अभ्रम N. of a medicament.

-ईश्वरतीर्थम् N. of a holy place. Siva P.

-उपमः the teak tree; also शाकद्रुम and महापत्राख्यवृक्ष.

-काण्ड a. having a white stem or appendage. बभ्रोरर्जनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते Av.2.8.3.

-च्छवि a. white, of a white colour.

-ध्वजः 'white- bannered', N. of Hanūmat.

-पाकी N. of a plant and its fruits.

-बदरः The fibre of the Arjuna plant; अर्जुन- बदरा मेखलाः क्रियन्ताभू । ŚB. on MS.9.4.25

-मिश्रः Name of a commentator on the Mb.

-सखिः (L.) Kriṣṇa.

-सिंहः N. of a prince (Inscriptions).

आपनिकः [आ-पन्-इकन् Uṇ.2.46]

1 An emerald, sapphire.

-2 A Kirāta or barbarian.

किरातकः तिकः 1 The bitter gentianaceae (Mar. चिराईत).

-2 A man of the Kirāta tribe.

मातङ्गः [मतङ्गस्य मुनेरयम् अण्]

1 An elephant; मातङ्गाः किमु वल्गितैः K. P.7; Śi.1.64.

-2 A man of the lowest caste, a Chāṇḍāla.

-3 A Kirāta, mountaineer or barbarian.

-4 (At the end of comp.) Any thing the best of its kind; e. g. बलाहकमातङ्गः.

-ङ्गी 1 N. of Pārvatī.

-2 N. of Vasiṣṭha's wife.

-3 N. of one of the ten Mahāvidyās.

-4 A Chāṇḍāla lady; नताङ्गी मातङ्गी रुचिर- गीतभङ्गी Ā. L.

-Comp. -कुमारी a Chāṇḍāla girl.

-ज a. elephantine.

-दिवाकरः N. of a poet.

-नक्रः, -मकरः a crocodile as large as an elephant; मातङ्गनक्रैः सहसो- त्पतद्भिर्भिन्नान् द्विधा पश्य समुद्रफेनान् R.13.11.

-लीला N. of a medical work.

शब (व) रः 1 A mountaineer, barbarian, savage; राजन् गुञ्जाफलानां स्रज इति शबरा नैव हारं हरान्ति K. P.1.

-2 N. of Śiva.

-3 The hand.

-4 Water.

-5 N. of a celebra- ted commentator and writer on Mīmāṁsā.

-री 1 A Śabara female.

-2 A female Kirāta who was an ardent devotee of Rāma.

-Comp. -आलयः the abode of wild mountaineers or barbarians.

-कन्दः a sweet potatato.

-बलम् an army of mountaineers; वनमार्गेण दुर्गेण गच्छ- न्नधिकबलेन शबरबलेन रभसादभिहन्यमानः Dk.1.1.

-लोध्रः the wild Lodhra tree.

a kind of junglemen.

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I kirāta - Pietiniuose Himalajuose (Nepale, Sikime, Butane) gyvenančių genčių pav. II 1) kadaise Tibeto pietryčiuose gyvavusi kunigaikštystė, besiribojusi su Butanu (vėliau užkariauta Centrinio Tibeto valdovų ir tapusi jo rajonu); 2) Mandžiūrija (?).

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sanskr. kirāta - medžiotojų genties Nepale pavadinimas.