Rushangu, Ruṣaṅgu: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ruṣaṅgu can be transliterated into English as Rusangu or Rushangu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaRuṣaṅgu (रुषङ्गु).—An ancient hermit. Once the great hermit Ārṣṭiṣeṇa came to the hermitage of Ruṣaṅgu and did severe penance. Viśvāmitra obtained Brāhmaṇatva (Brahminhood) by doing penance in this place. Towards the end of his life Ruṣaṅgu and his sons came to Pṛthūdakatīrtha and sang laudatory songs about Pṛthūdakatīrtha. Ruṣaṅgu said that those who did penance and died in this holy bath would not have to undergo miseries after death. (Mahābhārata Śalya Parva, Chapter 39, Stanza 24).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexRuṣaṅgu (रुषङ्गु).—A son of Svāha.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 44. 16.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ruśaṅgu (रुशङ्गु):—m. (cf. ruṣaṅgu and ruśad-gu) Name of a Ṛṣi, [Catalogue(s)] ([varia lectio] nṛṣaṅgu).
2) Ruṣaṅgu (रुषङ्गु):—[from ruṣ] m. Name of a Brāhman, [Mahābhārata] ([probably] [wrong reading] for ruśad-gu).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 39 < [Shalya Parva]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1d - The Yādava Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]