Shvaphalka, Śvaphalka, Svaphalka, Shvan-phalka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śvaphalka can be transliterated into English as Svaphalka or Shvaphalka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚvaphalka (श्वफल्क).—Father of Akrūra. Vṛṣṇi, a Yādava King had two sons Śvaphalka and Citraka. It was divinely ordained that there would not be epidemics and drought in the place where Śvaphalka lived. Once there was no rain for a period of three years in the land of the King of Kāśī. So the King of Kāśī took Śvaphalka with him to his country. With his arrival there was rainfall in the land and the King who was pleased at it gave his daughter Gāndinī in marriage to Śvaphalka.
There is a story about the birth of Gāndinī also. Gāndinī remained in her mother’s womb for many years. At last the King of Kāśī called to the child in the womb and said, "Take birth at once; why do you remain there so long?" The child replied, "I shall come out if you allow me to offer a cow as gift every day." The King allowed it and the child was born. She was named "Gāndinī." She used to offer the gift of cows to Brāhmaṇas daily. After she married Śvaphalka, several sons including Akrūra were born to her, (Harivaṃśa, Chapter 34, Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Śvaphalka (श्वफल्क).—A son of Vṛṣṇi; elder brother of Citraka; married Gāndinī, daughter of a Kāśī king. Akrūra was the foremost of his twelve sons. Kāśī, not visited by rains for long had a heavy shower just at his marriage, and during his stay at the invitation of the Kāśī king, whose daughter he married. A righteous king in whose kingdom there was neither famine nor disease.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 1. 32; IX. 24. 15; X. 38. 24; 57. 32; XI. 12. 10; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71, 102; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 13. 115-16; 15. 5-7.
2) Svaphalka (स्वफल्क).—A son of Pṛśni—a righteous and great king; no disease or famine during his reign; when the Kāśi kingdom suffered from want of rain continuously for three years Svaphalka was invited to live there and there were rains; he then married Kāśirāja's daughter Gāndinī who gave in gift, every day one cow for a Brahman;1 his daughter Narā, was the wife of Bhangakāra.2
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚvaphalka (श्वफल्क).—Name of the father of Akrūra.
Derivable forms: śvaphalkaḥ (श्वफल्कः).
Śvaphalka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śvan and phalka (फल्क).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śvaphalka (श्वफल्क):—[=śva-phalka] [from śva > śvan] m. Name of a son of Vṛṣṇi, [Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa]
2) Śvāphalka (श्वाफल्क):—[from śvan] m. [patronymic] [from] śva-phalka, [Pāṇini 4-1, 114; ii, 4, 58 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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Partial matches: Shva, Shvan, Phalka.
Starts with: Shvaphalkacaitraka, Shvaphalkavamsha.
Full-text (+38): Kshetropeksha, Mriduvid, Gandini, Gandhamada, Dhrishtasharman, Dharmavriddha, Mridura, Arimardana, Sarimejaya, Girikshipa, Yatidharman, Shatruhan, Sarameya, Gridhramojantaka, Sucara, Utpaksha, Prativaha, Dharmadhrik, Akrura, Avikshipa.
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