Urukshaya, Uru-kshaya, Urukṣaya: 5 definitions
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Urukshaya 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 Urukṣaya can be transliterated into English as Uruksaya or Urukshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexUrukṣaya (उरुक्षय).—The son of Bṛhadbala; a sage; no marriage aliance with Aṅgiras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 29; 271. 4.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUrukṣaya (उरुक्षय).—a. having spacious dwellings.
-yaḥ a spacious dwelling. उरुक्षयेषु दीद्यत् (urukṣayeṣu dīdyat) Ṛgveda 1.118.8.
Urukṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uru and kṣaya (क्षय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Urukṣaya (उरुक्षय):—[=uru-kṣaya] [from uru] mfn. (uru-kṣaya, [Atharva-veda]) occupying spacious dwellings, [Ṛg-veda i, 2, 9] (said of Varuṇa), [Atharva-veda vii, 77, 3] (said of the Maruts)
2) [v.s. ...] m. a spacious dwelling, wide habitation, [Ṛg-veda x, 118, 8]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a king, [Viṣṇu-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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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Some King’s dynasty in Kaliyuga: Dynasty of Ikṣvāku < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Lineages of Aṅgirā < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXL - Description of the race of puru < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter CXLI - descriptions of kings who came after Janamejaya < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 22 - The future descendants of Bṛhadbala < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XXII - Future princes of the family of Ikshvaku < [Book IV]
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)