Kshupa, Kṣupa: 13 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Kshupa means something in 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.

The Sanskrit term Kṣupa can be transliterated into English as Ksupa or Kshupa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Kṣupa (क्षुप).—A Prajāpati. There is a story about the birth of this Prajāpati in Mahābhārata. Once Brahmā wished to perform a sacrifice. But he could not get suitable priest as the performer of the sacrifice. So Brahmā decided to create a befitting person as Ṛtvik (the priest who does the rituals of the sacrifice) and he got pregnant in his head. After a thousand years he sneezed and a Prajāpati came out of the head of Brahmā. That Prajāpati was Kṣupa. He made Kṣupa his Ṛtvik. (Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 122).

Rudra Bhagavān made him Prajāpati (the Lord of all subjects).

2) Kṣupa (क्षुप).—A King who was the son of Prasandhi, and the grandson of Vaivasvata Manu. He was the father of Ikṣvāku. In Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, it is mentioned that Kṣupa stayed in the Palace of Yama after his death. In Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 166 it is stated that this King had received a sword directly from Vaivasvata Manu. Kṣupa was not in the habit of eating flesh. (Mahābhārata Anuśāsana Parva. Chapter 159, Stanza 67).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kṣupa (क्षुप).—The father of Viṃśa.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 86. 6.

context information

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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Kṣupa (क्षुप) refers to “shrubs having smaller roots” and represents one of the five kinds of aṅkura or “substances (dravya) produced (ja) through a sprout (aṅkura)”, as defined in the first chapter (ānūpādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Anūpādi-varga covers some 16 major topics regarding land and vegetations (e.g., Kṣupa) .

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Kṣupa (क्षुप):—Herb

context information

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣupa (क्षुप).—A tree with small roots and branches, a shrub, bush, Rām.2.25.7; क्षुपेषु मुक्तमूलेषु केचित्पेतुरवाङ्मुखाः (kṣupeṣu muktamūleṣu kecitpeturavāṅmukhāḥ) Śiva. B.2.36.

Derivable forms: kṣupaḥ (क्षुपः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣupa (क्षुप).—m.

(-paḥ) A small tree, one with short branches and roots, a bush, a shurb. E. kṣu to sound, aff. pa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣupa (क्षुप).—m. 1. A shrub, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 229. 2. The name of a king, Mahābhārata 14, 66. 3. The name of a mountain, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 8950.

— Cf. [Old High German.] scubo, scubil.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣupa (क्षुप).—[masculine] kṣupaka [masculine] & kā [feminine] shrub, bush.

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

1) Kṣupa (क्षुप):—m. a bush, shrub (a small tree with short branches and roots, [Horace H. Wilson]), [Yājñavalkya ii, 229; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa ii, 25, 7; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) Name of an old king (son of Prasaṃdhi and father of Ikṣvāku), [Mahābhārata]

3) Name of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Satya-bhāmā, [Harivaṃśa 9183] ([varia lectio] kṛpa)

4) Name of a mountain westward from Dvārakā, [ib. 8950] ([varia lectio] a-kṣaya)

5) Kṣupā (क्षुपा):—[from kṣupa] f. a bush, shrub, [Suśruta]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kṣupa (क्षुप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khuva.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshupa in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṣupa (ಕ್ಷುಪ):—

1) [noun] a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length; a bush.

2) [noun] a tree with short branches; a small tree.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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