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महिषक

   { mahiṣaka }
Script: Devanagari

महिषक

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
   The name given by the Ancient people to modern Mysore. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 59] .
MAHIṢAKA   (MĀHIṢAKA): A special tribe. They were once Kṣatriyas but they became Śūdras by their evil mode of living. [Ślokas 22, 23, Chapter 33, Anuśāsana Parva] . Arjuna during his victory march conquered this tribe in the south. [Chapter 83, Aśvamedha Parva] .

महिषक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
महिषक  m. m. pl.N. of a people, [MBh.] (B.), [VarBṛS.] (v.l.माहिष).

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