Rushama, Ruśamā: 4 definitions
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Rushama 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 Ruśamā can be transliterated into English as Rusama or Rushama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaRuśamā (रुशमा).—A Priest who had studied the Vedas well. A story occurs in the 'Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa', about this priest. Once Indra and Ruśamā bet on going round the world. Both got ready and started. But Ruśamā walked round Kurukṣetra and returned, while Indra travelled the whole of the way round the world and kept the conditions. The question arose as to who won the bet. The devas gave the decision, "Kurukṣetra is the dais of Brahmā, and so Kurukṣetra contains the entire world. Therefore both Indra and Ruśamā were declared to have won the bet."
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ruśama (रुशम):—m. (or ruśama) Name of a man, [Ṛg-veda]
2) (ruśamās) [plural] his descendants, [ib.]
3) Ruśamā (रुशमा):—[from ruśama] f. Name of a woman (said to have contended with Indra as to which of the two would run fastest round the earth, and to have won by the artifice of only going round Kuru-kṣetra), [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]
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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: Rinamcaya.
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