aśmaka

Aśmaka, as, ī, m. f., N. of several persons.

aśmaka An old name of Travancore.

aśmaka m. ī f. a man's and a woman's name; m. pl. a tribe of warriors.

aśmaka aśma-ka, m. N.: pl. N. of a people;
-kuṭṭa, a. crushing with a stone; -tā, f.
stoniness, hardness of stone.

aśmaka m. (g. ṛśyādi, q.v.) N. of a son of Vasiṣṭha and Madayantī, MBh.; VP.

N. of a warrior tribe, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 173; R. &c. (cf. avanty-aśmakās)

aśmaka- m. n. de divers personnages; d'une région du Sud; pl. d'un peuple; -ī- f. d'une femme.

aśmaka (von aśman) oxyt. gaṇa ṛśyādi, proparox. = aśmani kuśalaḥ gaṇa ākarṣādi . m. N. pr. eines Mannes VP. 382. LIA. I, Anh. IX. X, N. aśmakasumantunā MBH. 12, 1592. f. °kī die Gemahlin Prācinvant's LIA. I, Anh. XIX. Devamīḍhuṣa's HARIV. 1922. Anādhṛṣṭi's 1936. m. pl. N. eines Kriegerstammes und des von ihm bewohnten Gebietes P. 4, 1, 173. R. 4, 41, 17. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14, 22 in Verz. d. B. H. 241. MATSYA-P. in VP. 467, N. 17. 188, N. 33. avantyaśmakāḥ gaṇa kārtakaujapādi . LIA. I, 708, N. 1.

— Vgl. 2. aśvaka .

aśmaka N. pr. eines von Vasiṣṭha mit der Madayantī, der Gattin Saudāsa's (Kalmāṣapāda's), gezeugten Sohnes MBH. 1, 4737. 6791. pl. N. pr. eines Volkes VYUTP. 92. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5, 74. 9, 18. 27. 11, 54. fg. 16, 11. 17, 15. 32, 15. Z. 1. fg. streiche die Worte propar. bis ākarṣādi .

aśmaka

— 1) m.

— a) N.pr. eines Sohnes des Vasiṣtha und der Madayantī 108,8.

— b) Pl. N.pr. eines Kriegerstammes MBH. 6,9,44.

— 2) f. ī N.pr. verschiedener Frauen.

aśmaka m. Mannsname; Pl. Volksname.

Aśmaka m. °Name eines Fürsten, S I, 567, 5.

aśmaka pu0 aśmeva sthiraḥ niścalatvāt ivārthekan . 1 ṛṣibhede
“vedasthānena vātsyena tathāśmakasumantunā” bhā0 śā0 pa0 .
2 dakṣiṇadeśasthe deśabhede . “gantavyomalayaḥ śrīmān parvvato
dhātumaṇḍita” ityupakramya “tathāśmakā pulindāśca
kaliṅgāśca viśeṣataḥ” rā0 ki0 kā0 . vṛhatsaṃhitāyāntu
sa deśaḥ paścimottarasyāṃ diśi . “diśi paścimottarasyāṃ
māṇḍavyatuṣāratālahanamadrāḥ . aśmakakulū nahaḍastrī-
rājyasiṃhavanakhaṇḍāḥ” iti karmmavibhāge uktam” ata-
ubhatatrāpi tannāmako deśaḥ . tasya janapadavācitvāt taddeśa
vāsiṣu tadrājani ca tataḥ kṛtāṇo bahuṣa luk . 3 taddeśa
vāsini 4 tadrājani ca ba0 va0 . “sālvāvayavapratyagrathakana
kūlāśmakādiñ” pā0 sū0 sālvajanapadāvayavatvenokteḥ
5 sālvadeśāvayave ca sālvadeśaśca vṛha0 saṃ0 kūrmmavibhāge nava-
su khaṇḍeṣu madhyakhaṇḍe uktaḥ “bhāratavarṣe madhyāt prāgādi
vibhājitā deśāḥ bhadrārimedamāṇḍavyasāṇvanīpojjvi-
hānasaṃkhyātāḥ” ityupakramya “gajāhvayaśceti madhyamidam”
iti navakhaṇḍe kūrmmabhāge madhyakhaṇḍe tasya sthitiruktā
ataḥ sālvāvayavanāmako'śmakaḥ tadīyadakṣiṇapradeśasthaḥ
iti gamyate tena rāmāyaṇavākyaṃ tadviṣayakamiti na vi-
rodhaḥ . aśmake sālvāvayave bhavaḥ iñ āśmakiḥ . tadde-
śabhave tri0 tadrājani ca bahuṣu luk āśmakāḥ sālvā-
vayavāvaśmakavāsiṣu tadrājasu ca ba0 va0 . striyāṃ na
luk āśmakyaḥ . sālvaśabde'sya vivṛtiḥ .

Aśmaka¹, a rājarṣi, son of Vaśiṣṭha and Madayantī, the

wife of Kalmāṣapāda: I, 122, 4737 (Madayantī); 177,

6791 (Vāsiṣṭha) (founded Paudanya).

Aśmaka², a brahman present at the deathbed of Bhīṣma:

XII, 47, 1592 (Rājadh.) (°Sumantunā).

Aśmaka³ (No. 46), a king of the Aśmakāḥ: VII, 37, 1606

(Abhimanyuvadhap.) (°sya suto = No. 48 and No. 49, killed

by Abhimanyu; this half-śloka is omitted in B.).

Aśmaka — a Kṣetraja son of Kalmāṣapāda (Mitrasaha-

Vi.) born of Madayantī, queen of Saudāsa, to Vasiṣṭha, with

the king's assent. The period of pregnancy lasted for seven

years when Vasiṣṭha bit the queen's stomach with a stone.

Father of Mūlaka.

Bhā. IX. 9. 39-40; Br. III. 63. 177; Vā. 88. 177; Vi. IV.

4. 72-3.

Aśmakas — the people of a southern kingdom.

Br. II. 16. 58; M. 272. 16.

AŚMAKA I . Son born to Vasiṣṭha by the wife of Kalmā-

ṣapāda the King of Ayodhyā. (See Ikṣvāku vaṃśa) while

the King Kalmāṣapāda was walking through the forest

hunting he saw Śakti the son of Vasiṣṭha. As Śakti did not

care to give room for the King, Kalmāṣapāda wounded

Śakti, who cursed the King and changed him to a Rākṣasa

(giant). The giant immediately killed Śakti. After many

years Vasiṣṭha blessed the King and changed the form of

the giant and gave him back his former shape. The King

was delighted at having recovered his former shape. He

took Vasiṣṭha to his palace. Madayantī the wife of the King

with his permission went to Vasiṣṭha and got with child.

Vasiṣṭha returned to the forest. Even after the lapse of a

long period she did not give birth to the child. Madayantī

who was miserable at this, took an ‘aśman’ (a small

cylindrical piece of the granite used to crush things placed

on a flat square piece of granite) and crushed her stomach

with it and she delivered a son. As he was born by using

‘Aśma’ he was named Aśmaka. This King had built a

city called Paudhanyā. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 176).

AŚMAKA II . Aśmaka (m) is a place between the rivers

Godāvarī and Māhiṣmatī. Aśmaka was a king of this

land. He fought against the Kauravas on the Pāṇḍava

side. (Karṇa Parva).

AŚMAKA III . A sage. (M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 47,

Śloka 5).

Aśmaka m. (pl.): Name of a Jana-

pada and its people.

A. Location: Listed by Saṃjaya among

the (southern) Janapadas of Bhāratavarṣa

(ata ūrdhvaṃ janapadān nibodha gadato

mama) 6. 10. 37, 5; (aśmakāḥ pāṃsu-

rāṣṭrāś ca) 6. 10. 42. B. Epic events:

(1) Listed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra among those

who were defeated by Karṇa before the

Vaiṣṇava sacrifice of Duryodhana and were

made to pay tribute (aśmakān ṛṣikāṃs

tathā/yo jitvā samare vīraś cakre bali-

bhṛtaḥ purā//) 8. 5. 20 (a reference to

what is hinted in 3. 241. 16, but Aśmakas

are not specifically mentioned in the report

of Karṇa's conquest as detailed in Vol. IV,

App. I. 24. 28-72, pp. 1078-1079); (2)

Listed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra among those who

fought on the side of the Pāṇḍavas (aśma-

kāḥ kekayāś caiva) 7. 61. 39; (the king of

the Aśmakas referred to as aśmakeśvara

7. 36. 23 and as aśmakadāyāda 7. 36. 21).