In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana

Bharuka (भरुक):—Son of Vijaya (son of Sudeva). He had a son named Vṛka. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.8.2)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bharuka (भरुक).—A king of the Solar dynasty. He was the son of Sudeva and father of Bāhuka. (Navama Skanda, Bhāgavata).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Bharuka (भरुक).—A son of Vijaya and father of Vṛka.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 8. 2.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Bharuka (भरुक) is possibly another name for Bālukā (in Chinese: P'o-leou-kia), which refers to one of the fifty-five kingdoms enumerated in chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bharuka (भरुक).—name of a yakṣa (lived in Bharukaccha): Mahā-Māyūrī 17.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bharuka (भरुक):—m. Name of a prince, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([varia lectio] kuruka, or ruruka).

[Sanskrit to German]

Bharuka in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Bharukaccha, Bharukacchaka, Bharukacchaka Vatthu, Bharukacchanivasin, Bharukacchapa, Bharukachchha, Bharukaksha.

Full-text: Vrika, Bahuka, Bhagiratha, Rituparna, Baluka, Kalmashapada, Vijaya, Dasharatha, Sagara, Agnipurna, Amshuman, Rama, Aja, Bharata.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Bharuka; (plurals include: Bharukas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)

Story of Ikṣvāku

Story of Aja

Story of Aṃśumān

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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

Chapter III - Hymns of destroying the Nagas, origin of Sagara < [Book IV]

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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 8 - The Story of King Sagara < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]

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