मूषिक

{ mūṣikḥ, mūṣika }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

MŪṢIKA   An ancient merchant. In the Kathāpīṭhalambaka of Kathāsaritsāgara a story is told to demonstrate that even without any capital an ingenious and industrious man can earn money. A merchant got this name by means of his industry. Once a poor man of no resources went to the house of a great merchant named Viśākhila. He was then admonishing a young man of his own caste. The merchant was saying, “See, here is a dead rat on the ground. A clever man would earn money by using this as a capital. To you I have given money for business on several occasions. Not only that you have not increased it but also you have lost it.” The poor man who went to him requested the merchant to give him the dead rat. Viśākhila greatly amused at the request gave him the rat. A rich man bought it for his cat to eat and gave him instead two measures of Bengal gram. He roasted it and made it palatable and then with a pot of water went outside the city gates and sat under a tree on the road-side. Wood-cutters were passing that way carrying loads and he sold the roasted gram and water to them who purchased it with eagerness to ease their weariness. They gave him in exchange firewood and in the evening he took it to the market and sold it. With the money he purchased more Bengal gram and continued the trade as before and after a few days he purchased from them a great stock of firewood. Suddenly there were heavy rains and there was a scarcity of firewood in the market and he sold his stock for good price. With the money thus received he purchased some goods and started a grocery shop. Gradually his business increased and he became a big merchant. Because he started the business from a Mūṣika (rat) he got the nick-name Mūṣika.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  एक पौराणिक जनपद   Ex. मूषिक का उल्लेख महाभारत में मिलता है ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक स्थान (Mythological Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben মূষিক

guj મૂષિક

kas موٗشِک

kok मुषीक

mar मुषिक

san मूषिकः

See : चूहा, चूहा

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : मुषिक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मूषिक  m.  m. a rat, mouse, [Gaut.]; [MBh.] &c.
Acacia Sirissa, [L.]
भूषिक    pl. N. of a people inhabiting the Malabar coast between Quilon and Cape Comorin, [MBh.] ( B.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मूषिकः [mūṣikḥ]   1 A rat; पश्य मूषिकमात्रेण कपोता मुक्तबन्धनाः [H.]
A thief.
The Śirīṣa tree.
 N. N. of a country.-Comp.
-अङ्कः, -अञ्चनः, -रथः   epithets of Gaṇeśa.-अदः a cat.
-अरातिः   a cat.
-उत्करः, -स्थलम्   a molehill.
-विषाणम्   'the horn of a mouse', i. e. an impossibility; cf. शशविषाण, खपुष्प &c.

Shabda-Sagara

मूषिक  mf.  ( -कः-का) A rat, a mouse.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. A tree, commonly Sirisha, (Mimosa sirisha.)
2. A thief, a plunderer.
3. A country, the part of the Mālābār coast between Quilon and Cape Comorin. f. ( -का) A plant, (Salvinia cucullata.)
2. A crucible.
E. मूष् to steal, Unādi aff. किनन् and the vowel made long; also मूषिका, मूषा, and मूषी.

ROOTS:

मूष् किनन् मूषिका मूषा मूषी