Kushavarta, Kuśāvarta: 5 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Kushavarta 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 Kuśāvarta can be transliterated into English as Kusavarta or Kushavarta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

1) Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त).—Son of King Ṛṣabha, Kuśāvarta had nineteen brothers, viz. Bharata, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Āryāvarta, Malaya, Bhadraketu, Sena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha, Kīkaṭa, Kavi, Hari, Antarīkṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Dramiḍa, Camasa and Karabhājana. (Bhāgavata, 5th Skandha).

2) Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त).—A holy place in ancient Indra. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Verse 13).

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1a) Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त).—A tīrtha sacred to Pitṛs.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 22. 69.

1b) A son of Ṛṣabha.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 4. 10.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

1) Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त):—[from kuśa] m. Name of a Tīrtha or passage of the Ganges, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata xiii, 1700; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Śiva-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Ṛṣabha, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 4, 10]

3) [v.s. ...] of a Muni, [Brahma-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the family of that Muni, [ib.]

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

Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त):—(kuśa + āvarta) m. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha: gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte vilvake nīlaparvate . tathā kanakhale snātvā dhūtapāpmā divaṃ vrajet .. [Mahābhārata 13, 1700.] kuśāvarta āsīnam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 20, 4] ([BURNOUF]: au passage du Gange). Personif. ein Sohn Ṛṣabha’s ebend. [5, 4, 10.]

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Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त):—[Oxforder Handschriften 64,a,39.] = gaṅgādvāra [Scholiast] zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 20, 4.] Nomen proprium eines Muni [Oxforder Handschriften 18,b,8.] pl. sein Geschlecht [19,a,22.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kuśāvarta (कुशावर्त):—m. Nomen proprium —

1) eines Tīrtha [Viṣṇusūtra 85,11.] —

2) eines Sohnes des Ṛṣabha und eines Muni. Pl. sein Geschlecht.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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.

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