Prishadashva, Pṛṣadaśva, Prishat-ashva: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣadaśva can be transliterated into English as Prsadasva or Prishadashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व):—Son of Virūpa (one of the three sons of Ambarīṣa). He had a son named Rathītara. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.6.1)
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—An ancient King who got a dagger from king Aṣṭaka. (Śloka 80. Chapter 166, Śānti Parva).
1a) Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—A son of Virūpa, and father of Rathitara;1 a Mantrakṛt.2
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 6. 1; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 6; Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 6; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 2. 8-9.
- 2) Matsya-purāṇa 145. 103.
1b) The son of Pṛthu and father of Āndhra;1 a Mantrakṛt and of the Angirasa branch.2
1c) The son of Anaraṇya and father of Haryaśva.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 3. 18.
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
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—
1) wind, air; पृषदश्वो धनेशश्च महेशश्च दिगीश्वराः (pṛṣadaśvo dhaneśaśca maheśaśca digīśvarāḥ) Śiva B.6.44.
2) an epithet of Śiva.
Derivable forms: pṛṣadaśvaḥ (पृषदश्वः).
Pṛṣadaśva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣat and aśva (अश्व). See also (synonyms): pṛṣadaṃśa.
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—m.
(-śvaḥ) The god of air, or wind divinely personified. E. pṛṣat the porcine deer, or a drop of rain, and aśva a horse; whose steeds are like deer, or may be considerded as the drops of rain, accompanying a gale.
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—i. e. pṛṣant + aśva, I. adj. Riding on antelopes, epithet of the Maruts,
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व).—[adjective] having spotted horses or having antelopes for horses.
1) Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व):—[=pṛṣad-aśva] [from pṛṣad > pṛṣ] mfn. (pṛ) having piebald horses or having antelopes for horses (said of the Maruts), [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. wind or the god of w°, [Harṣacarita]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a man ([plural] his descendants), [Pravara texts; Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] of a son of An-araṇya and father of Hary-aśva, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] of a son, of Virūpa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व):—[pṛṣada+śva] (śvaḥ) 1. m. The god of air.
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व):—(pṛṣant + aśva)
1) adj. scheckige Rosse habend: die Marut [Ṛgveda 1, 87, 4. 89, 7. 186, 8. 2, 34, 4. 3, 26, 6. 5, 42, 15. 7, 40, 3.] —
2) m. a) Wind, der Gott des Windes [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 57.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1107.] [Halāyudha 1, 75.] Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] — b) Nomen proprium eines Mannes (pl. seine Nachkommen) [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 11.] [Pravarādhyāya][?-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher in Weber’s Verzeichniss 56, 16. 62, 7. Mahābhārata 2, 323. 12, 6200.] eines Sohnes des Anaraṇya und Vaters des Haryaśva [Viṣṇupurāṇa 371.] eines Sohnes des Virūpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 6, 1.] — Vgl. pārṣadaśva .
Pṛṣadaśva (पृषदश्व):——
1) Adj. gefleckte Rosse habend. —
2) m. — a) Wind , der Gott des Windes [Harṣacarita 182,17.] — b) Beiname Śiva's. — c) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. Auch Pl. als Bez. des ganzen Geschlechts.
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
Pṛṣadaśva (ಪೃಷದಶ್ವ):—[noun] the Wind-God, whose horses have different coloured spots.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Prishat, Prishad, Ashva.
Full-text (+0): Prishatashva, Parshadashva, Virupa, Anaranya, Rathitara, Prishadvala, Prishati, Prishadamsha, Haryashva, Prithu.
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