The Purana Index v1.c5.s5: Ṛ

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Ṛk—(Ṛc) of the Vedas;¹ learnt by the Asuras.²

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¹ Bhā. X. 7. 14; 53. 12; XII. 11. 47; 12. 62.

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Ṛk—one of the names in the fourth Marut gaṇa.

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Ṛkāra—8th face of the fourteen-faced god; Sāvarṇi Manu from.

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Ṛkṣa (I)—followed Rāma in his Laṅkā expedition. Took the shield when Bharata carried the Pāduka.¹ A son of Śuka; took Virajā as wife given by Prajāpati. Rakṣā, mother of Jāmbavān, was his sister.²

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Ṛkṣa (II)—a son of Ajamiḍha and Dhūminī, and father of Saṃvaraṇa; pañcārṣeya.

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Bhā. IX. 22. 3; M. 50. 19; 196. 50; Vā. 99. 214; Vi. IV. 19. 74-5.

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Ṛkṣa (III)—the name of Vyāsa in the 24th (25th-Vi. P.) dvāpara; Śūli, the avatār of the Lord.

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Ṛkṣa (V)—a son of Purañjaya and father of Haryaśva.

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Ṛkṣa (VI)—a son of Devātithi and father of Bhimasena. VI. IV. 20. 6-7.

Ṛkṣas (I)—the mount where Atri performed penance for the birth of a son, a kulaparvata of Bhāratavarṣa.¹ To this Kṛṣṇa went in search of Prasenajit, also Ṛkṣagiri and Ṛkṣaparvata near the Narmadā;² rivers originating from.³

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¹ Bhā. IV 1. 17

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² Bhā. V. 19. 16; Br. II, 16 18, III. 70. 32, 71. 39; Vā. 45 89; 95 31, VI. II 3 3

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³ Vā. 45. 101, 98-101.

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Ṛkṣas (II)—a vānara tribe, born of Mṛgamandā and Pulaha. Br. III. 7 174, 319, 22. 22, 26. 30 & 34.

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Ṛkṣagiri—See Ṛkṣas. Bhā. V 19 16

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Ṛkṣamaṇḍalam—the region of stars. M. 125. 36; 246. 55.

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Ṛkṣarājasa—(simply Ṛkṣa) is Jāmbavān. Br III 1. 58, 71. 35.

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Ṛkṣavanta—Mt. occupied by Jyāmagha, son of Rukmakavaca; a kulaparvata. M. 44. 27-32, 114. 17.

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Ṛkṣāni—all of the moon; the road of Ṛkṣas in the maṇḍalam VI. 50 102, 53 69, 73

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Ṛg Veda—imparted to Paila by Vyāsa Paila arranged it in two parts and assigned them to Indrapramati and Bāṣkala. The latter divided that into 4 śākhas which were imparted respectively to Bodhya, Agnimātara, Pārāśari, and Yājñavalkya. But Indrapramati gave it intact to his pupil Māṇḍuki who taught it to his son who in his turn to his son and so on.¹ Served as a horse for the chariot of Tripurāri.² Present with pada and krama in Vāruṇi Yajña.³ One mātra.⁴ Part of Viṣṇu.⁵

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¹ Bhā. 1. 4. 21; Br. II. 34. 14-30; Vā. 32. 2; Vi. III. 4. 8, 13, 16-25.

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² M. 133. 31.

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³ Vā. 65. 24.

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⁴ Vā. 26. 17.

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⁵ Vi. V. 1. 37.

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Ṛca (I)—the Brahmaṛṣis superior to the clan of Pratyaṅgirasa; one learned in Ṛk becomes versed in the Vedas.

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Vā. 66. 78.

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Ṛca (II)—from the first face of Brahmā.

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Vi. I. 5. 53.

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Ṛca (III)—the son of Pratyaṅgirasa.

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Vi. I. 15. 136.

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Ṛcī (I)—the wife of Apravāna.

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Br. III. 1. 94.

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Ṛcī (II)—the wife of Aṇuha.

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Vā. 99. 179.

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Ṛcīka (I)—the son of Nāhuṣi (Aurva) and father of Jamadagni by Satyavatī; the sage who married Gādhi’s daughter by paying a price of a thousand white horses with one black ear. (See Satyavatī). A mantrakṛt¹ compared to Dhiṣṇi fire. Blessed his wife with a caru and his mother-in-law with another for the birth respectively of a Brāhmaṇa and a Kṣatriya son. His wife wrongly took that intended for her mother. She gave birth to Jamadagni and became converted as Kauśikī river;² father of two other sons Śunahśepa and Śunahpuccha;³ had 100 sons who in turn had 1000 sons—all Bhārgavas.⁴

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¹ Bhā. IX. 15. 5-11; Br. II. 13. 95; 32. 104; III. 1. 95; 25. 83.

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² Br. III. 21. 19-22; 66. 37-40; IV. 7. 13, 34; Vā. 65. 93; 91. 66-86.

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³ Vā. 91. 66, 92; Br. III. 66. 64.

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⁴ Vā. 65. 92-95.

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Ṛcika (II)—a son of Śikhaṇḍi; an avatār in the eighteenth dvāpara.

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Ṛcika (III)—a son of Sutāra the lord of the second dvāpara. Vā. 23 121.

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Ṛcikatanaya (Jamadagni)—the sage presiding over the month of Iṣa. Bhā. XII. 11. 43.

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Ṛjadāsa—a son of Devakī and Vasudeva; killed by Kaṃsa. Vi. IV. 15. 26-7

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Ṛṣiṣaḥ—the 18th Vedavyāsa. Br. II. 35 121. Bhā. IX. 24. 54.

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Ṛjudāya—a son of Devakī killed by Kaṃsa. Br. III. 71 175.

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Ṛjvi—a śakti. Br. IV. 44. 75.

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Ṛṇa—is threefold for a dvija—to gods, to pitṛs and to sages.¹ Vasudeva is asked by sages to perform a sacrifice to please gods.²

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¹ Vā. 77 106, 108. 76 and 89; 110 60, 111. 29 and 31.

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² Bhā. X. 84. 39-40.

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Ṛṇatīrtha—in the Narmadā.

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Ṛṇapramocanam—a *tīrtha* on the north of the Yamunā, and south of Prayāga.

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Ṛṇamocanam—a *tīrtha* sacred to Pitṛs. M. 22. 67.

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Ṛṇavat—a sage, not to have marital alliance with Viśvāmitras. M. 198. 19.

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Ṛta (I)—a son of Cākṣuṣa Manu and Naḍvalā. Bhā. IV. 13. 16.

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Ṛta (II)—the son of Vijaya and father of Sunaka (Sunaya-Vi. P.). Bhā. IX. 13. 25-26; Vā. 89. 22. Vi. IV. 5. 31.

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Ṛta (III)—a Tuṣita god. Br. II. 36. 12.

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Ṛta (IV)—a Sukha god. Br. IV. 1. 18.

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Ṛta (V)—the 12th Manu of the future. M. 9. 36.

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Ṛta (VI)—a son of Aṅgiras. M. 196. 2.

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Ṛta (VII)—one of the names of the third Marut gaṇa. Vā. 62. 43; 67. 126.

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Ṛtajit (I)—a Gandharva with the Śiśira sun.

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Ṛtajit (II)—a Marut of the second gaṇa.

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Ṛtajit (III)—a grāmaṇī with the sun in the months of Māh and Paṅguni. Vā. 52. 22.

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Ṛtajit (IV)—an Yakṣa, residing in the sun's chariot during Māgha. Vī. II. 10. 16.

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Ṛtañjaya—the name of Vyāsa in the eighteenth dvāpara. Śikhaṇḍī, the avatār of the lord. Vī. 29. 181.

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Ṛtathyas (Śāradvatas)—after king Śāradvata, belonging to the family of Gautama. Vī. 99. 205.

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Ṛtadhāman (I)—a name of Indra in the epoch of Rudrasāvarṇi. Bhā. VIII. 13. 28; Br. IV. 1. 91.

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Ṛtadhāman (II)—a son of Kaṅka and Karṇikā. Bhā. IX. 24. 44.

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Ṛtadhāman (III)—the 13th Manu of the future. M. 9. 36.

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Ṛtadhāman (IV)—Indra of the 12th or Ṛtusāvarṇa Manu. Vā. 100. 95.

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Ṛtadhvaja (I)—see Dyumat.

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Ṛtadhvaja (II)—a chief *siddha*. Goes about the world to impart knowledge.

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Ṛtadhvaja (III)—the name of Pratardana. Vi. IV. 8. 14.

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Ṛtanas—a name of the Varṣanāḍi or ray of the sun. Vā. 53. 20.

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Ṛtam (I)—a god of Ābhūtarayas group. Br. II. 36. 55.

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Ṛtam (II)—a name for samvatsara, and Ṛtus from Ṛtam. Vā. 30. 21.

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Ṛtambharā—a R. of Plakṣadvīpa. Bhā. V. 20. 4.

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Ṛtavāka—an Aṅgirasa and *mantrakṛt*. Br. II. 32. 107.

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Ṛtavratas—a class of people in *Śākadvīpa*. Bhā. V. 20. 27.

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Ṛtasena—the Gandharva who presides over the month of Saha. Bhā. XII. 11. 41.

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Ṛtu (I)—a Sutapa god. Br. IV. 1. 14.

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Ṛtu (II)—an Amitābha god.

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Ṛtu (III)—wife Samattī, with the sun in the Hemanta

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Ṛtu (IV)—one of the twenty Sutapa gaṇas. Vā. 100 15.

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Ṛtus—six in number;¹ due to the movements of the sun;² representation of pitṛs and pitāmahas,³ sons of Brahmā;⁴ sons of Nimi;⁵ fathers of five ārtavas; considered as pitāmahas while ārtavas are pitṛs,⁶ duration of each, two months;⁷ three ṛtus make one ayanam;⁸ their locale, māsa and ardhamāsa,⁹ are Agni;¹⁰ prayed to in śrāddha,¹¹ sang and danced at the marriage of Umā;¹² characteristics of.¹³

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¹ Vā. 30 4, Br II 13 4

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² Vā. 3 14; 23 106, 31 26; 62 48, 66 38, Br II 21 126, 153, 24 57

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³ Br II 13 8, 23 76, 28 16-17, III 1 59; 72 30, Vā 30 7

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⁴ Br II 13 12

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⁶ Br II 13 18, 20, 23, Vā 30 18, 24-25

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⁷ Br II 13 17

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⁸ Br II 13 114

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⁹ Vā 30 12

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¹⁰ M 141 14 and 57

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¹¹ M 16 39

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¹² M 154 492

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¹³ M 229 13-26

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Ṛtukalpa—the sixth kalpa. Vā. 21 80.

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Ṛtukulyā—a R. of the Mahendra hill. Vā. 45 106

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Ṛtudhāman (I)—Sujyoti Agni; in audambari. Br. II 12 24; Vā. 29 23.

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Ṛtudhāman (II)—Indra of the XIIth epoch of Manu. Vā. III 2 33

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Ṛtudhvaja—a surname of Rudra. Bha. III 12 12.

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Ṛtuparṇa—the son of Ayutāyus, and a friend of Nala Taught Nala the secret of gambling and was in turn instructed in Aśvavidyā. Father of Sarvakāma: called a second Nala, (learnt the secrets of dice from Nala. Vi. P.).

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Ṛtuputra—the five ārtavas.

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Vā. 31. 50.

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Ṛtupravāhana—a Nadiputra and Dhiṣṇi Agni.

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Vā. 29. 18. 26.

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Ṛtumat—the pleasure garden of Varuṇa in the Trikūṭa hill.

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Bhā. VIII. 2. 9.

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Ṛturagni—a name of Samvatsara; brought forth sons, Ṛtus; the latter ārtavas—all Pitṛs and Pitāmahas; the five years are Prapitāmahas.

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Vā. 56. 14-15.

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Ṛtusāvarṇa—(Sāvarṇi) a son of Rudra, a son of the 12th period.

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Vā. 100. 86.

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Ṛteyu—a son of Raudrāśva and father of Rantibhāra.

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Bhā. IX. 20. 4 & 6.

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Ṛteṣu—a son of Raudrāśva and father of Antināra.

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Vi. IV. 19. 2-3.

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Ṛtvik—the karma performed with a view to attain fruits; the performer has a round of births and deaths (śmaśānam); even sages were desirous of offspring in the dvāpara.

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Rthu—a rājarṣi becoming a Brāhmaṇa.

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Ṛddhi (I)—the wife of Kubera, a Brahmakalā; mother of Nalakūbara. Br. III. 8. 46, IV 35 94, Vā. 70 41.

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Ṛddhi (II)—a deity attendant on Vināyaka. M. 260 55.

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Ṛdviduṣ—a śakti. Br. IV. 44. 85.

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Ṛbhavas—one of the five groups of gods of Cākṣuṣa epoch. M. 9 24.

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Ṛbhu (I)—a son of Brahmā, one of the first two created, the other Sanatkumāra; a siddha who knows the māyā of Hari¹ A resident of Tapoloka;² teacher of Nidāgha, imparted to him the essence of true knowledge after partaking of meals with him; once again met Nidāgha after 1000 years; initiated him into the mysteries of Advaita and disappeared³

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¹ Bhā. II. 7 43, IV 8. 1, VI 15 12; Vā. 9 106, 24. 79

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² Br. III. 36. 6; IV. 2. 24, 35 and 214, Vā. 101. 26, 37 and 212, Vā. 25 92.

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³ VI II. 15. 2-34, 16 (whole).

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Ṛbhu (II)—heard the Viṣṇu Purāṇa from Brahmā, communicated to Priyavrata. VI. VI. 8. 43

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Ṛbhus (I)—a class of gods resident in Bhuvarloka¹ specially created by Bhṛgu to put down the Pramatha and other ganas in the sacrifice of Dakṣa Followers of Indra;² of Cākṣuṣa epoch.³

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¹ Vā. 101. 30.

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² Bhā. IV. 4. 33, VI. 7. 2, 10 17

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³ M. 9 24.

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Ṛbhus (II)—gods of the Vaivasvata epoch, came to Dvārakā with other gods to ask Kṛṣṇa to go back to Vaikuṇṭha.

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Ṛṣabha (I)—a sage about whose welfare Arjuna is asked by Yudhiṣṭhira.

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Bhā. I. 14. 31.

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Ṛṣabha (II)—a follower of Vṛtra in his battle with Indra.

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Bhā. VI. 10. 19.

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Ṛṣabha (III)—a son of Indra and Paulomī.

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Bhā. VI. 18. 7.

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Ṛṣabha (IV)—a manifestation of Hari in Dakṣasāvarṇi epoch. Born of Āyuṣmat and Ambudhārā; engaged in dhyānamārga.

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Bhā. VIII. 13. 20; Vā. 23. 143, 146.

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Ṛṣabha (V)—a son of Kuśāgra, and father of Satyahita.

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Bhā. IX. 22. 6-7. Vā. 99. 223.

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Ṛṣabha (VI)—a playmate of Kṛṣṇa.

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Bhā. X. 22. 31.

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Ṛṣabha (VII)—identified with the sun.

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Bhā. XII. 6. 68.

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Ṛṣabha (VIII)—the son of Nābhi and Sudevī (Merudevī according to Vi., Vā. & Br. P.) An avatār of Viṣṇu, eldest of all Kṣatra. A Paramahamsa. Had a hundred sons of whom Bharata was the eldest.¹ Nine of these became rulers of the nine dvīpas of the world. Eightyone of them became addicted to Karma tantra, and the remainder nine became sages² Indra grew jealous of him and stopped rains in his kingdom Ajanābha. But Ṛṣabha, invoked rains by yogic powers³ As king, married Jayantī, bestowed on him by Indra, who gave birth to 100 sons. Under Ṛṣabha, his kingdom flowed with milk and honey. Once he went to control Brahmāvarta and proclaimed the importance of self-control and discipline to his sons and to the world at large Installed Bharata on the throne, renounced life and became a wandering mendicant. Finding the world opposed to his yoga practice he adopted the vow of a python (ājagaram) by which he ate, chewed, drank and passed water all lying down. By his yogic powers he wandered through Koṅka, Veṅka, Kuṭaka, S Karṇāṭa, and was consumed by forest-fire. By listening to his story, devotion to Hari was increased. His path was followed by Sumati,⁴ took to the third āśrama at Pulaha's hermitage and lived there until his death⁵

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¹ Br. II. 14. 60-62, Bha. II. 7. 10, XI 4. 17, VI. II. 1, 27, Vā. 33 50-51.

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² Bha. XI. 2. 15-20

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³ Ib. V 3 (whole); 4. 1-3.

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⁴ Ib. V. 4 8-19; chap 5 (whole); 6. 6-19, 15. 1, Vā. 33 51

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⁵ VI. II. 1. 28-31.

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Ṛṣabha (ix)—a son of Angiras, and a sage of the Svārociṣa epoch; a mantrakṛt.

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Br. III. 36 17; Vā. 59 100

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Ṛṣabha (x)—a son of Sudhanvan.

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Vā. 65. 102.

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Ṛṣabha (xi)—a dānava with manuṣya dharma.

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Vā. 68. 15.

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Ṛṣabha (xii)—a ṛtvik at Brahmā's yajña.

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Ṛṣabha (XIII)—a mountain on the north base of Meru but in Bhāratavarṣa; sacred to Hari and visited by Balarāma;¹ entered the sea.²

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¹ Bhā. V. 16. 26; 19. 16; X. 79. 15; M. 163. 78; Vi. II. 2. 30.

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² M. 121. 72; Br. II. 18. 75.

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Ṛṣabha (XIV)—an elephant at one of the four cardinal points to maintain the balance of the worlds.

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Bhā. V. 20. 39.

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Ṛṣabha (XV)—svara (auspicious), when heard by a king starting on an expedition; the second of the seven notes of the Hindu gamut.

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M. 243. 21; Vā. 21. 34; 86. 37.

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Ṛṣabha (XVI)—the fifteenth kalpa; here came into being Ṛṣabhasvara.

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Vā. 21. 33-34.

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Ṛṣabha (XVII)—another name for the Sumanā hill of Plakṣadvīpa.

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Vā. 42. 19; 49. 11.

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Ṛṣabhas—a class of people in Krauñcadvīpa.

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Bhā. V. 20. 22.

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Ṛṣabhā (I)—a R. from Vindhya hills.

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M. 114. 27.

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Ṛṣabhā (II)—a R. from the Ketumāla country.

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Vā. 44. 19.

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Ṛṣā—a daughter of Krodhavaśā, and a wife of Pulaha. Had five daughters after whom came the Maina gaṇa.

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Ṛṣi (ety.)—got the mantras by the pupil of the eye, by observation, by accident and by past and future events. Five groups are distinguished: avyaktātmā, mahānātmā, (also mahātmā), ahaṃkārātmā, bhūtātmā and Indriyātmā; also Brahmarṣis, devarṣis, Rājarṣis, maharṣis, saptarṣis, Ṛṣikas—all mantravits.¹