Purukutsa: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
One of the Hands of Famous Emperors.—Purukutsa: the Alapadma hand.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स):—One of the three sons of Māndhātā (son of Yuvanāśva) and Bindumatī (daughter of Śaśabindu). He was married to Narmadā and they had a son named Trasaddasyu. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.6.38,9.7.2-4)
Purukutsa: “There are two Purukutsas with sons named Trasadasyu” known to the Purāṇic tradition and Pargiter identifies the Ṛgvedic king Purukutsa not with the son Purukutsa of Māndhātṛ but with another and later Purukutsa who was a contemporary of Aśvamedha Bharata. In the Vāyu-purāṇa the epithet rājarṣi does not occur in connection with either Purukutsa in the genealogical lists. But elsewhere in the list of rājarṣi kings it mentions Purukutsa after Saṃkṛti and Kapi who were descendants of Bharata, and this probabyl suggests that this rājarṣi Purukutsa is the same as the Ṛgvedic king of that name.
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स).—The son born to the celebrated king, Māndhātā of his wife Bindumatī. (See under Māndhātā for Genealogy). Purukutsa had a brother named Mucukunda. Descending in order from Purukutsa were Araṇya—Bṛhadaśva—Haryaśva—Tridhanvā—Aruṇa—Satyavrata—Triśaṅku.
One Purukutsa is praised in the Ṛgveda. It is not known whether both are one and the same person. Purukutsa with his wife Narmadādevī went to the forest of Kurukṣetra and doing penance there attained mokṣa. (Chapter 20, Āśramavāsika Parva).
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स).—A Rājaṛṣi and a son of Māndhāta and Bindumatī; An Angīrasa and Mantrakṛt; married Narmadā; father of Trasadasyu; went to Rasātala where he killed undesirable Mauneya Gandharvas on behalf of the Nagas;1 a Kṣetropetadvija;2 not to marry with the Angīras and Sādasyus;3 Heard the viṣṇu purāṇa from Bhṛgu and the other sages on the banks of the Narmadā and narrated it to Sārasvata.4
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 6. 38; 7. 2-3; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 108; III. 10. 98; Matsya-purāṇa 12. 35; 145. 102; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 2. 67; 3. 6-16; Vāyu-purāṇa 93. 49; 91. 116.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 72; 66. 87.
- 3) Matsya-purāṇa 196. 37.
- 4) Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 2. 9; VI. 8. 45.
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
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स).—[puru-kutsa], m. A proper name.
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स).—[masculine] a man’s name.
1) Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स):—[=puru-kutsa] [from puru] m. Name of a man, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] of a descendant of Ikṣvāku, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of a son of Māndhātṛ, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] of another man, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स):—(pu + ku) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes: puro vajrinpuru.utsāya dardaḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 63, 7. 112, 17.] yūne vṛ.raṃ puru.utsāya randhīḥ [174, 2. 6, 20, 10.] oxyt. mit dem patron. Aikṣvāka [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 5. 4, 5. -] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 56, 19.] [Mahābhārata 2, 324.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 116, 30.] eines Sohnes des Māṃdhātar [Harivaṃśa 714. 999.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 9. 363. 370.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 6, 38. 7. 2.] — Vgl. paurukutsa, paurukutsi .
Purukutsa (पुरुकुत्स):—m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa]
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)
Partial matches (+0): Kutsa, Puru.
Starts with (+0): Purukutsani, Purukutsava.
Full-text (+14): Purukutsani, Daurgaha, Narmada, Trasadasyu, Duhsaha, Paurukutsa, Bindumati, Trasaddasya, Purukuccan, Anaranya, Vasuda, Amhu, Kutsa, Bhagiratha, Trasaddasyu, Rituparna, Trishanku, Mandhata, Haryashva, Kalmashapada.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - Dhruva’s descendants: King Aṅga’s Abdication < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Chapter 7 - The Story of King Hariścandra < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
Chapter 6 - History of Ikṣvāku’s Posterity < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 3 - The descendants of Ambarīṣa < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Chapter 2 - Parāśara praises Viṣṇu; Creation < [Book One: Creation]
Chapter 8 - The benefits of listening to the Viṣṇu Purāṇa < [Book Six: Dissolution]
Genealogy of the Solar Dynasty in the Puranas and the Ramayana < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Literary and Archaeological Evidence on the Aryan Expansion in India < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
The Rivers in the Vamana-Purana < [Purana, Volume 12, Part 1 (1970)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)