क्षुप

{ kṣupḥ, kṣupa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KṢUPA I   A Prajāpati. There is a story about the birth of this Prajāpati in [Mahābhārata] . Once Brahmā wished to perform a sacrifice. But he could not get suitable priest as the performer of the sacrifice. So Brahmā decided to create a befitting person as Ṛtvik (the priest who does the rituals of the sacrifice) and he got pregnant in his head. After a thousand years he sneezed and a Prajāpati came out of the head of Brahmā. That Prajāpati was Kṣupa. He made Kṣupa his Ṛtvik. [Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 122] . Rudra Bhagavān made him Prajāpati (the Lord of all subjects).
KṢUPA II   A King who was the son of Prasandhi, and the grandson of Vaivasvata Manu. He was the father of Ikṣvāku. In [Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8] , it is mentioned that Kṣupa stayed in the Palace of Yama after his death. In [Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 166] it is stated that this King had received a sword directly from Vaivasvata Manu. Kṣupa was not in the habit of eating flesh. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva. Chapter 159, Stanza 67] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

क्षुप n.  एक प्रजापति का नाम । इसकी जन्मकथा इस प्रकार है । एक बार ब्रह्मदेव को यज्ञ करने की इच्छा हुई । योग्य ऋत्विज कोई नहीं मिल रहा था । तब उसने बहुत वर्षो तक मस्तक में एक गर्भ धारण किया । इस बात को हजार वर्ष हो गये । एक छींक के साथ वह गर्भ बाहर आया । यही क्षुप प्रजापति था । यह ब्रह्मदेव के यज्ञ में ऋत्विज्‍ था [म.शां.१२२.१५-१७] ।
क्षुप II. n.  (सू.दिष्ट.) खनित्रपुत्र । नारद ने युधिष्ठिर को यमसभा का वृत्तांत सुनाया, जिसमें राजाओं की मालिका में इसका नाम था [म.स.८.१२] ; [अनु.१७७.७३ कुं.] ।
क्षुप III. n.  एक क्षत्रिय राजा । ब्राह्मण श्रेष्ठ है या क्षत्रिय इस संबंध में, इतका दधीचि से वाद हुआ था । इसके पश्चात दधीचि ऋषि पर इसने चढाई की, परंतु शिवभक्ति के प्रभाव से दधीचि ने इसे हरा दिया [लिंग. १.३४-३५] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

क्षुप  m.  m. a bush, shrub (a small tree with short branches and roots, [W.]), [Yājñ. ii, 229]; [MBh.]; [R. ii, 25, 7]; [VarBṛS.]
    N. of an old king (son of प्रसंधि and father of इक्ष्वाकु), [MBh.]
कृप    N. of a son of कृष्ण by सत्य-भामा, [Hariv. 9183] ( v.l.)
अ-क्षय    N. of a mountain westward from द्वारका, ib. 8950 ( v.l.)

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

क्षुपः [kṣupḥ]   A tree with small roots and branches, a shrub, bush, [Rām.2.25.7;] क्षुपेषु मुक्तमूलेषु केचित्पेतुरवाङ्मुखाः [Śiva. B.2.36.]

Shabda-Sagara

क्षुप  m.  ( -पः) A small tree, one with short branches and roots, a bush, a shurb.
    E. क्षु to sound, aff. प.

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