Rukmeshu, Rukmeṣu: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Rukmeṣu can be transliterated into English as Rukmesu or Rukmeshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Rukmeṣu (रुक्मेषु).—A son of Paravṛt.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 12. 11.
1b) (Brahmeṣu) son of Rucaka (Rukmakavaca Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa and Matsya-purāṇa) and brother of Pṛthurukma; succeeded his father with Pṛthurukma as his lieutenant.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 35; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 70. 29; Matsya-purāṇa 44, 28-9; Vāyu-purāṇa 95. 28-9.
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
Rukmeṣu (रुक्मेषु):—[from rukma > ruc] m. ‘golden-arrowed’, Name of a king, [Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa]
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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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Full-text: Brahmeshu, Rukmakavaca, Prithurukma, Jyamagha, Lomapada.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Kroṣṭu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.53.4 < [Sukta 53]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 70 - Dynasties of Jyāmagha and Vṛṣṇi < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1d - The Yādava Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]