Bharuka: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Bharuka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaBharuka (भरुक):—Son of Vijaya (son of Sudeva). He had a son named Vṛka. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.8.2)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBharuka (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 IndexBharuka (भरुक).—A son of Vijaya and father of Vṛka.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 8. 2.
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.
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 DictionaryBharuka (भरुक).—name of a yakṣa (lived in Bharukaccha): Mahā-Māyūrī 17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBharuka (भरुक):—m. Name of a prince, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([varia lectio] kuruka, or ruruka).
[Sanskrit to German]
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, Bharukacchadesavasi, Bharukacchaka, Bharukacchaka Vatthu, Bharukacchakanagara, Bharukacchakavatthu, Bharukacchanagara, Bharukacchanagaravasi, Bharukacchanivasin, Bharukacchapa, Bharukaksha, Sarukacchavatthu.
Full-text: Vrika, Bahuka, Bhagiratha, Rituparna, Kalmashapada, Baluka, Vijaya, Dasharatha, Sagara, Agnipurna, Amshuman, Rama, Aja, Bharata.
Relevant text
Search found 6 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)
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
1. Genealogy of the Ikshvaku Vamsa dynasty < [Chapter 5 - Origin and Genealogy of Various Vamshas]
Archaeology and the Mahabharata (Study) (by Gouri Lad)
Historical Insights from the Turfan Manuscripts by Annemarie v. Gabain < [Volume 32 (1970)]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 8 - The Story of King Sagara < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]