Trishanku, Triśaṅku, Tri-shanku, Trishamku: 15 definitions
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Trishanku has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Triśaṅku can be transliterated into English as Trisanku or Trishanku, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTriśaṅku (त्रिशङ्कु):—(tri + śaṅku) m.
1) Nomen proprium eines Weisen: iti triśaṅkorvedānuvacanam [TAITT. Upakośā S. 34.] eines alten Königs von Ayodhyā, der von seinem Priester Vasi ṣṭha und dessen Söhnen verlangt lebendig in den Himmel erhoben zu werden; von ihnen verflucht wird er ein Cāṇḍāla (Triśaṅku als ein König der Cāṇḍāla bei den Buddhisten [Burnouf 207. fgg.]), gelangt aber durch Viśvāmitra’s Beistand in den Himmel. Von den Göttern zurückgestossen, von Viśvāmitra gehalten, bleibt er in der Luft schweben mit zur Erde gekehrtem Haupte und leuchtet als Stern in der südlichen Himmelsgegend. Nach dem [Rāmāyaṇa] ist Triśaṅku ein Sohn Pṛthu’s, nach dem [Harivaṃśa] und [Viṣṇupurāṇa] ein Sohn Trayyāruṇa’s, nach dem [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] ein Sohn Tribandhana's; vgl. [Geschichte des Weda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 121. fgg.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Harivaṃśa 730. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 57, 1. fgg. 70, 23. 24. 2, 110, 11. 12.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 371.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 7, 4. fg.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2928. 13, 189.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 648.] caritāmāśām [Harivaṃśa 4010.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 41, 10. 5, 73, 55.] evaṃ trīṇyasya śaṅkūni (= trividhaṃ vyatikramaṃ) tāni dṛṣṭvā mahātapāḥ (vasiṣṭhaḥ) . triśaṅkuriti hovāca triśaṅkustena sa smṛtaḥ .. [Harivaṃśa 749.] —
2) Katze [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Zibethkatze [NIGH. PR.] —
3) der Vogel Cātaka [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 17.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) Heuschrecke [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
5) ein fliegendes leuchtendes Insect [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTriśaṅku (त्रिशङ्कु):—m. —
1) Nomen proprium eines alten Weisen und eines alten Königs von Ayodhyā. Am Himmel leuchtet er als das südliche Kreuz. —
2) *Katze. —
3) *Zibethkatze. —
4) *der Vogel Cātaka. Vgl. triśaṅkha —
5) *Heuschrecke. —
6) *ein leuchtendes fliegendes Insect.
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