aṅgāraka

aṅgāraka m. (-kaḥ)

1 The planet Mars.

2 Charcoal, burning or extinguished.

3 Yellow or white amaranth. See kuruṇṭhaka.

4 Another plant, (Eclipta or Verbesina prostrata.) See bhṛṅgarāja. n. (-kaṃ) A medicated oil, prepared by boiling turmeric and various vegetable substances in common oil.

E. aṅgāra and kan affix; resembling a burning brand.

aṅgāraka (kaḥ) 1. m. charcoal; Mars.
n. Kind of oil.

aṅgāraka I. m. (-kaḥ) ¹ Charcoal, burning or extinguished.

² The planet Mars. ³ A proper name: ^a. of a prince of

Sauvīra. ^b. of a Rudra, one of the children of Kāśyapa by

Surabhi. ⁴ Yellow or white amaranth. See kuruṇṭhaka. ⁵ An-

other plant (Eclipta or Verbesina prostrata). See bhṛṅgarāja.

II. n. (-kam) A medicated oil, prepared by boiling tur-

meric and various vegetable substances in common oil. E.

aṅgāra, taddh. aff. kan.

aṅgāraka aṅgāra + ka, m. 1. The

planet Mars. 2. The name of a king.

— Comp. Sa-, adj. attended by the

planet Mars.

Aṅgāraka, as, m. charcoal; heated charcoal; the

planet Mars; Tuesday; N. of a prince of Sauvīra;

also of a Rudra; N. of two plants, Eclipta (or Verbe-

sina) Prostrata, and white or yellow Amaranth; (am),

n. a medicated oil in which turmeric and other

vegetable substances have been boiled. —Aṅgāraka-

dina, as, am, m. n. a festival of Mars on the fourteenth

of the latter half of Caitra. —Aṅgāraka-maṇi, is, m.

coral (amber). —Aṅgāraka-vāra, as, m. Tuesday.

aṅgāraka aṅgāra-ka, m. coal; N. of an Asura;
-karma_anta, m. charcoal-kiln.

aṅgāraka m. charcoal

heated charcoal

the planet Mars

Tuesday

N. of a prince of Sauvīra

of a Rudra

of an Asura, Kathās.

N. of two plants, Eclipta (or Verbesina) Prostrata, and white or yellow Amaranth

aṅgāraka n. a medicated oil in which turmeric and other vegetable substances have been boiled.

aṅgāraka

m. (-kaḥ) 1 The planet Mars.

2. Charcoal, burning or extingui-
shed.

3. Yellow or white amaranth. See kuruṇṭaka

4. Another plant,
(Eclipta or Verbesina prostrata.) See bhṛṅgarāja.

n. (-kaṃ) A medicated
oil, prepared by boiling turmeric and various vegetable substances
in common oil.

E. aṅgāra and kan affix; resembling a during brand.

aṅgāraka (von aṅgāra)

1) m.

a) Kohle H. an. 4, 1. MED. k. 174.

— b) der Planet Mars AK. 1, 1, 2, 27. H. 116. an, 4, 1. MED. k. 174. R. 2, 4, 17. 4, 12, 25. 6, 86, 43. MBH. 1, 5331. Ind. St. II, 261. aṅgārakacāra m. Lauf des Mars, N. des 6ten Adhyāya in VARĀH. BṚH., Verz. d. B. H. No. 849. aṅgārakacaturthīvrata N. des 26sten Adhyāya im BHAVIṢYOTTARAPURĀṆA, Verz. d. B. H. No. 468.

— c) N. pr. ein Sauvīra - Fürst DRAUP. 2, 11. ein Rudra, VĀYU-P. im VP. 121, N. 17.

— d) N. einer Pflanze,= kuruṇṭaka (weisser oder gelber Amaranthus) H. an. 4, 1. MED. k. 174.

— e) N. einer anderen Pflanze = bhṛṅgarāja RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

— 2) n. ein besonderes Oel: dūrvā lākṣā haridre dve mañjiṣṭhā sendravāruṇī . vṛhatī saindhavaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ rāsnā māṃsī śatāvarī .. āranālāḍhakenaiva tailaprasthaṃ vipācayet . tailamaṅgārakaṃ nāma sarvajvaravimokṣaṇam .. SUKHABODHA im ŚKDR.

aṅgāraka m. N. pr. eines Asura KATHĀS. 11, 39. 53.

aṅgāraka

1)

b) SŪRYAS. 12, 24.

— c) ein Asura (vgl. Nachträge) KATHĀS. 112, 27.

— f) ein best. Vogel, das Männchen der Kālikā PAT. a. a. O. 6,92,b.

aṅgāraka

— 1) m.

— a) Kohle 176,17.

— b) der Planet Mars.

— c) das Männchen des Vogels Kālikā.

— d) *weisser oder gelber Amaranth und Eclipta prostrata.

— e) N.pr. eines Mannes , eines Rudra , eines Asura und *eines Piścāca (GAL.)

— 2) *f. °rikā

— a) Zuckerrohrstengel.

— b) Knospe der Butea frondosa.

— 3) n. ein best. gegen Fieber angewandtes öliges Präparat.

aṅgāraka 2. f. °rikā ein mit Kohle gemachtes Zeichen auf der Stirn, Kathārṇava 28, 62 a.

aṅgāraka n. nom. pr. DR. 2. 11.

aṅgāraka;
vakramaṅgārakaṃ bhaumaṃ lohitāṅgaṃ dharātmajam .
1.1.1.46

aṅgāraka astrī aṅgāra + svārthe kan . aṅgāre “aṅgārakastvava-
ntyāñceti” purā0 . “aṣṭāvaṅgārake tatheti” jyotiṣam .
“aṅgārake kumārañcabudhe nārāyaṇaṃ tatheti” purā0 . asya
cāro yathā
“yadyudayarkṣādvakraṃ karoti navamāṣṭamasaptamarkṣeṣu . tadvakramuṣṇa-
mudaye pīḍākaramagnivārttānām .. dvādaśadaśamaikādaśanakṣa-
trādvakritaḥ kujo'śrumukham . dūṣayati rasānudaye karoti
rogānavṛṣṭiṃ ca .. vyālaṃ trayodaśarkṣāccaturdaśādvā vipacyate
'stamaye . daṃṣṭrivyālamṛgebhyaḥ karoti pīḍāṃ subhikṣaṃ ca ..
rudhirānanamiti vakraṃ pañcadaśāt ṣoḍaśācca vinivṛtte
tatkālaṃ mukharogaṃ sabhayaṃ ca subhikṣamāvahati .. asimuśalaṃ
saptadaśādaṣṭādaśato'pi vā tadanu vakre . dasyugaṇebhyaḥ
pīḍāṃ karotyavṛṣṭiṃ saśastrabhayam .. bhāgyāryamodito yadi
nivarttate vaiśvadaivate bhaumaḥ . prājāpatye'stamitastrīnapi
lokānnipīḍayati .. śravaṇoditasya vakraṃ puṣye mūrdhābhi-
ṣiktapīḍākṛt . yasminnṛkṣe'bhyuditastaddigvyūhān janān
hanti .. madhyena yadi maghānāṃ gatāgataṃ lohitaḥ karoti
tataḥ . pāṇḍyo napo vinaśyati śastrodyogādbhayamavṛṣṭiḥ ..
bhittvā maghāṃ viśākhāṃ bhindan bhaumaḥ karoti durbhikṣam .
marakaṃ karoti ghoraṃ yadi bhittvā rohiṇīṃ yāti ..
dakṣiṇato rohiṇyāścaran mahījo'rghavṛṣṭinigrahakṛt .
dhūmāyan saśikho vā vinihanyāt pāriyātrasthān ..
prājāpatye śravaṇe mūle tisṛṣūttarāsu śākre ca . vicaran
ghananivahānāmupaghātakaraḥ kṣamātanayaḥ .. cārodayāḥ
praśastāḥ śravaṇamaghādityamūlahasteṣu . ekapadāśviviśākhā-
prājāpatyeṣu ca kujasya .. vipulavimalamūrttiḥ kiṃśukāśoka
varṇaḥ sphuṭaruciramayūkhastaptatāmraprabhābhaḥ . vicarati yadi
mārgaṃ cottaraṃ medinījaḥ śubhakṛdavanipānāṃ hārttidaśca
prajānām ..” iti bṛhatsaṃhitā .
tasya bhaktideśādi grahabhaktyadhyāye tatraivoktaṃ yathā

“śoṇasya narmadāyā bhīmarathāyāśca paścimārdhasthāḥ .
nirvindhyā vetravatī siprā godāvarī veṇā .. mandā-
kinī payoṣṇī mahānadī sindhumālatīpārāḥ . uttara
pāṇḍyamahendrādrivindhyamalayopagāścolāḥ .. draviḍavidehā
ndhrāśmakabhāsāpurakauṅkaṇāḥ samantriśakāḥ . kuntalakerala-
daṇḍakakāntipuramlecchasaṅkarajāḥ .. nāsikyabhogavardhana-
virāṭavindhyādripārśvagā deśāḥ . ye ca pibanti sutoyāṃ
tāpīṃ ye cāpi gomatīsalilam .. nāgarakṛṣikarapārata-
hutāśanājīviśastravārttānām . āṭavikadurgakarvaṭabadhaka-
nṛśaṃsāvaliptānām .. narapatikumārakuñjaradāmbhikaḍimbhā-
bhighātapaśupānām . raktaphalakusumavidru macamūpaguḍamadya-
tīkṣṇānām .. kośabhavanāgnihotrikadhātvākaraśākyabhikṣu-
caurāṇām . śaṭhadīrghavairabahvāśināṃ ca vasudhāsuto'dhipatiḥ”
iti . aṅgāramiva ivārthekan . raktavarṇatvāt kuraṇṭakavṛkṣe,
(bhīmarāja) iti khyāte—bhṛṅgarājavṛkṣe ca pu0 . alpārthe
kan . visphuliṅga iti vikhyāte—aṅgārakṣudrāṃśe na0 .
“dūrvā lākṣā haridre dve mañjiṣṭhā sendravāruṇī . bṛhatī saindhavaṃ
kuṣṭhaṃ rāsnā māṃsī śatāvarī . āranālāḍhakenaiva tailaprasthaṃ
vipācayet . tailamaṅgārakaṃ nāma sarvajvaravināśanamiti”
cakradattavaidyakokte tailabhede na0 .

Aṅgāraka¹, the planet Mars. § 208 (Astradarśana): I,

134, 5331 (sāṅgāraka ivāṃśumān).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhā-v.):

II, 11α, 446 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 569 (Bhagavad-

yānap.): V, 143θ, 4841 (omens).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI,

3α, 81 (omens).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45¹⁰, 1710

(A°-Budhāv iva); 45¹⁵, 1726 (Śukrāṇgārakayor iva).—§ 599

(Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 109, 4130 (bhūmau Aṅgārako

yathā; PCR. translates “charcoal”).—§ 605 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 15, 581 (A°-Budhāv iva); 19, 711 (Aṅgāraka iva

grahaḥ). Cf. Bhauma.

Aṅgāraka² = the Sun. § 310 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 3α, 147

(in Dhaumya's enumeration).

Aṅgāraka³, a Sauvīra prince. § 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.):

III, 265α, 15597 (among Jayadratha's standard-bearers).

Aṅgāraka (I) (Mars) — an inauspicious planet; tra-

verses each of the signs of the zodiac once in three fortnights.¹

The planet with Skanda as presiding deity; fed by Sampad-

vasu ray of the sun, attains Lauhitam sthānam or the Lohita

region. Consists of nine rays and looks in size equal to

Bṛhaspati: Placed above Śukra at a distance of 200,000

yojanas. Also known as Lohita and Vakra.² The first of

Planets, originally Vīrabhadra who destroyed Dakṣa's sacri-

fice; son of mother Earth; fought with Soma.³ Day sacred

to.⁴ Vratam in honour of, conduces to health and prosperity;

the Śūdras observe it; described by Śukra in detail.⁵ The

tanu of Śarva (Agni) by Vikeśi.⁶ Born in Āṣāḍha.⁷ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. V. 22. 14. [Footnote] 2) Br. II. 24. 48, 70, 82, 95 & 105; Vi. II.

7. 8-9. [Footnote] 3) M. 23. 40; 72. 16 & 23; 93. 13; 133. 20. [Footnote] 4) M. 193. 8-9. [Footnote] 5) M. 72. 5-36. [Footnote] 6) Br. II. 10. 78; Vā. 27. 51. [Footnote] 7) Br. II. 24. 82, 133.

Aṅgāraka (II) — a Rudra.

Br. III. 3. 70; Vā. 66. 69.

Aṅgāraka (III) — a name of Skanda.

Vā. 53. 31; 112. 52.

AṄGĀRAKA I . An Asura who took the form of a pig.

The story of how this Asura was killed by his daughter

Aṅgāravatī, is given below.

Long ago there was an emperor named Mahendra-

varmā in Ujjayinī. His son Mahāsena did penance for

a long time to get a wife and a sword. At last Devī

appeared and granted the boon: “My son! take this

extraordinary sword. So long as you have this sword,

your enemies will not prevail against you. Aṅgāravatī,

the renowned beauty of the three worlds, who is the

daughter of the Asura Aṅgāraka, will become your

wife in due course. As you do horrible deeds, you will

be called Caṇḍamahāsena”. He was given the sword

and a tusker called Naḍāgiri. One day Mahāsena went

to the forest for hunting. He saw a very large pig. The

King used his arrows. But they did little harm to the

pig. Moreover it turned the chariot of the King over

to one side and ran to a cave. The King followed it

with fury. On the way he sat on the bank of a lake

with wonder, for a lady of exquisite beauty was walk-

ing along the mossy turf in the midst of some maids.

Slowly she approached the King and talked with him.

The young lady had entirely captured the heart of the

King, who told her everything. She began to weep.

“Who are you? Why do you weep?” The King asked

her. She replied with a deep sigh. “The pig you saw,

is my father Aṅgārakāsura. His body is as hard as

diamond and not vulnerable to any sort of weapon.

These maids have been caught by him from various

royal houses and brought here for my help. My name

is Aṅgāravatī. My father was changed to a giant by a

curse. Now he is asleep discarding the form of pig.

When he wakes up, filled with hunger and thirst, he

will do you harm. My tears flowed out in the form of

heated life-breaths, when I thought of these things.”

The King said, “Go and sit by him and cry when he

wakes up. He will ask the reason. Then tell him that

you had been crying, when you thought how forlorn

you would be without a mate, in case your father was

killed by somebody”. Aṅgāravatī did as she was told.

Hearing her words Aṅgāraka said, “My daughter! No

body can kill me. My body is made of diamond. There

is only one vulnerable point in my body which is on

my left forearm and it is always covered with my

bow.”

The king hid himself closely and heard everything. He

fought with the Asura and hitting at the vulnerable

point killed him. The king married Aṅgāravatī and

took her to his palace. Two sons were born to him.

They were called Gopālaka and Pālaka. By the grace

of Indra a daughter also was born to him by her and

she was Vāsavadattā, the wife of the famous Udayana.

(Kathāsaritsāgara, Kathāmukhalambaka, Taraṅga 3).

AṄGĀRAKA II . A prince named Aṅgāraka is seen to

have been the descendant of Jayadratha, the King of

Sauvīra. (Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 265,

Stanza 10).

AṄGĀRAKA III . A planet named Maṅgala which is a

satellite of Brahmā is seen to have been called by the

name Aṅgāraka also. (Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva,

Chapter 11, Stanza 29).

AṄGĀRAKA IV . We see one Aṅgāraka among the one

hundred and eight sons of the Sun. (Mahābhārata,

Vana Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 10).

Aṅgāraka m.: Name of the planet

Mars; also called Bhauma (13. 151. 12),

Lohitāṅga (6. 3. 17; 7. 141. 12).

Described as great (mahāgraha) 6. 3.

13; having the lustre of fire (pāvakaprabha)

6. 3. 17; having bright rays (dīptaraśmi)

7. 141. 12; Nārada saw Aṅgāraka, along

with other Grahas, in the Sabhā of Brahma-

deva 2. 11. 20; listed (Bhauma) with other

Grahas in the Daivataṃśa 13. 151. 12;

by bathing in Mahāgaṅgā at the conjunction

of Mars with the Kṛttikās (kṛttikāṅgārake)

and by fasting for a fortnight one is purified

and obtains heaven 13. 26. 20; Aṅgāraka

figures in similes and bad omens: 1. Similes:

Droṇa's entry in the arena in the company of

Aśvatthāman compared with the appearance

of the Moon and Mars in the sky without

clouds 1. 124. 18; Bāhlīka and Dhṛṣṭaketu,

the king of the Cedis, fought each other

as would Aṅgāraka and Budha 6. 43. 38;

Drupada and Jayadratha fought each other

as would Śukra and Aṅgāraka 6. 43.

54; Arjuna killed many Saṃśaptakas by

adopting repeatedly oblique movements like

Aṅgāraka (vakrānuvakragamanād aṅgāraka

iva grahaḥ) 8. 14. 1; Alambusa, in his duel

with Ghaṭotkaca, fell down on the ground

as would Aṅgāraka by chance (yadṛcchayā

nipatitam alambusam (7. 84. 26), bhūmāv

aṅgārakaṃ yathā) 7. 84. 27; Bhūri, a

Kaurava, when struck by the śakti of

Sātyaki fell down on the ground from his

chariot as would Mars, by chance, from the

sky (lohitāṅga ivākāśād dīptaraśmir yad-

ṛcchayā) 7. 141. 12. 2. Omens: Vyāsa

told Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Aṇgāraka making re-

trograde (vakra) movement in the con-

stellation Maghā indicated fierce destruction

of the two armies (senayor aśivaṃ ghoraṃ

kariṣyati mahāgrahaḥ/maghāsv aṅgārako

vakraḥ) 6. 3. 13; another bad omen pointed

out by Vyāsa to Dhṛtarāṣṭra before the war

was that Mars, the red-bodied one (lohi-

tāṅga), after making repeated retrograde

movements and returning to the Brahmarāśi

was established in the Śravaṇa nakṣatra

(vakrānuvakraṃ kṛtvā ca śravaṇe pāvaka-

prabhaḥ/brahmarāśiṃ samāvṛtya lohitāṅgo

vyavasthitaḥ/) 6. 3. 17 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 6.

3. 18: tatraiva sarvatobhadracakre maghā-

stho lohitāṅgo 'ṅgārako vakrānuvakraṃ

punaḥpunar vakrībhūya brahmaṇā bṛhas-

patinākrāntam rāśiṃ nakṣatraṃ śravaṇaṃ

samāvṛtya samyak pūrṇadṛṣṭyā viddhvā

tiṣṭhati); among the bad omens noticed by

Karṇa and pointed out to Kṛṣṇa one referred to

the retrograde motion of Mars in Jyeṣṭhā and

his wooing Anurādhā thereby as though tran-

quilizing the Maitra Nakṣatrayoga (kṛtvā

cāṅgārako vakraṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ madhu-

sūdana/anurādhāṃ prārthayate maitraṃ

saṃśamayann iva//) 5. 141. 8 (Nī., however,

on Bom. Ed. 5. 143. 9: jyeṣṭhām aprāpya

yadi bhaumo vakrībhavet tarhi jyeṣṭhasya

rājñaḥ ye 'mitrabhūtās te sarve naśyeyur

iti bhāvaḥ/maitraṃ [mitrasamūhaṃ saṃ-

gamayan nāśayan/“vaivasvataṃ saṃ-

gamanaṃ janānām” (RV. 10. 14. 1) ity

ādau saṃpūrvasya gamer māraṇārthatva-

darśanāt).