ajaka

ajaka I. m. (-kaḥ) A proper name: ¹ A descendant of Purū-

ravas, the son of Sumantu (or according to others of Su-

naha) and grandson of Jahnu. ² A king of Magadha, of

the line of Pradyota.

II. f. (-kā) ¹ A young she-goat. (Also ajikā.) ² A

kind of disease of the pupil of the eye. See ajakājāta.

E. aja, taddh. aff. ka.

Ajaka, as, m., N. of a descendant of Purūravas;

also of a king of Magadha; ajakā or ajikā, f. a

young she-goat; a disease of the pupil of the eye,

small reddish tumours (compared to kids), protruding

through the transparent cornea and discharging pus.

—Ajakā-jāta, am, n. the same disease of the eyes.

ajaka m. N. of a descendant of Purūravas

of a king of Magadha

ajaka (von aja) m. N. pr. Sohn des Sunaha (Sumantu) und Enkel Jahnu's HARIV. 1423. VP. 399. ein König aus der Dynastie Pradyota, VĀYU-P. im VP. 466, N. 5. LIA. I, Anh. XXXIII.

ajaka m. N. pr. eines Asura MBH. 1, 2652.

ajaka m. N.pr. eines Asura und eines Fürsten (VP. 4,7,3).

Ajaka, an Asura incarnated as Śālva. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.):

I, 67, 2652 (Ajakas tv avaro rājan ya āsīd Vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ|sa

Śālva iti vikhyātaḥ pṛthivyām abhavan nṛpaḥ).

Ajaka (I) — a son of Balāka and father of Kuśa.

Bhā. IX. 15. 3-4.

Ajaka (II) — the son of Sunaha (Suhotra-Vā. P.,

and Sumantu-Vi. P.) and father of Balākāśva;¹ ruled for

21 years (31 ? Vā.).² [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 66. 30; 74-126; Vā. 91. 60-61; Vi. IV. 7. 8. [Footnote] 2) Vā.

99. 313.

Ajaka (III) — the son of Dilīpa.

M. 12. 48.

AJAKA . An Asura.

Birth. Kaśyapa was born the son of Marīci, son of

Brahmā. Kaśyapa married Danu, one of the daughters

of Dakṣa and had two sons by her. They were Ajaka

and Vṛṣaparvā. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Verse

24; Chapter 67, Verse 16).