Shabalashva, Śabalāśva, Sabalāśva: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śabalāśva and Sabalāśva can be transliterated into English as Sabalasva or Shabalashva or Sabalashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Śabalāśva (शबलाश्व).—The thousand sons born to Dakṣa of his wife Vīraṇī, are known as Śabalāśvas. To procreate man-kind Dakṣa first created five hundred sons by his wife Asiknī and named them Haryaśvas. Dakṣa had to create the Śabalāśvas as the Haryaśvas were misled by Nārada. But, Nārada approached and told the Śabalāśvas also that it was not correct on their part to procreate children before they had studied the interior, exterior, bottom and top of the earth. Believing Nārada’s advice the Śabalāśvas also set out to measure the extent of the earth and they have not yet returned. Because of this Brahmā cursed that Nārada, instead of living at one place, should always be on the move. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 15).
2) Śabalāśva (शबलाश्व).—A King born in the dynasty of King Kuru. His father, Avikṣit or Aśvavān was the grandson of King Kuru. Avikṣit had, besides Śabalāśva, seven sons calied Parīkṣit, Ādirāja Virāja, Śālmali, Uccaiśśravas, Bhaṃgakāra and Jitāri. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 52).
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationSabalāśva (सबलाश्व) refers to the sons of Dakṣa begot by his wife Vīriṇī, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.13. Accordingly, as Brahmā said to Nārada:—“[...] on being consoled by me, Dakṣa begot a thousand sons named Sabalāśvas in the daughter of Pañcajana [viz., Vīriṇī or Asiknī]. At the bidding of their father, they too reached the place where their elder brothers, the Siddhas [viz., the Haryaśvas], had gone with the same steady resolve in the creation of subjects. At the very touch of waters of the Nārāyaṇa lake they too had their sins quelled and became purified. They performed penance, strenuously repeating many mantras and performing sacred rites”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚabalāśva (शबलाश्व).—The second one thousand sons of Asiknī and Dakṣa. Advised by Nārada they took to the path of ‘Not returning’, taken by their elder brothers; went to different parts of the world in search of their brothers, Haryaśvas and were lost.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 5. 24; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 2. 24-5; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 152-4; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 15. 97-100.
Śabalāśva (शबलाश्व) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.89.45) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Śabalāśva) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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) Śabalāśva (शबलाश्व):—[from śabala] m. ‘having a dappled-horse’, Name of a man (son of Avikṣit), [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of the children of Dakṣa and Vairaṇī, [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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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
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