aruṇā

aruṇā f. the plants Betula, madder (Rubia Manjith), Teöri, a black kind of the same, Colocynth or bitter apple, the plant that yields the red and black berry used for the jewellers weight (called Retti), L.

N. of a river, MBh. iii, 7022 and ix, 2429 seq.

aruṇā , strī, (aruṇa + striyāṃ ṭāp .) ativiṣā .
śyāmā . mañjiṣṭhā . trivṛtā . iti medinī ..
indravāruṇī . guñjā . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ .. muṇḍi-
tikā . iti ratnamālā ..

Aruṇā¹. § 103 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2558 (among thirteen

Apsarases, daughters of Prādhā and Kaśyapa).

Aruṇā², a river. § 370 (Tīrthay.): III, 84, 8134 (v. Aruṇa;

C. has Kauśikāruṇayor: Kālika-saṅgame…K°yor).—

§ 610 (Śalyap.): IX, 5, 289 (Aruṇāṃ—C. has Ā°—

Sarasvatīṃ; PCR. “Sarasvatī of red water”).—§ 615p

(Vasiṣṭhāp.): IX, 43, 2429 (in order to cleanse the Rā.,

Sarasvatī united A. with herself), 2430.—§ 615t (Indra):

IX, 43, 2439, 2441, 2443: Formerly the presence of that

river at its site was concealed. Sarasvatī repaired to the

Aruṇā and flooded it with her waters. This confluence of

Sarasvatī and Aruṇā is highly sacred. Brahmán caused

Indra to bathe in the Aruṇā.—§ 775 (Ānuśāsan.): XIII,

166α, 7647 (Tāmrā°; among the rivers whose names, if

recited morning, noon, and evening, become purifiers of sin).

Aruṇā (I) — R. of Plakṣa dvīpa.

Bhā. V. 20. 4.

Aruṇā (II) — an apsaras.

Br. III. 7. 5.

Aruṇā (III) — a Devī.

Br. IV. 19. 48; 44. 41.

Aruṇā , n. of a devakumārikā in the western quarter:

LV 390.5.

ARUṆĀ I . An Apsarā woman born of Pradhā, wife of

Kaśyapa. Pradhā and Kaśyapa had the following child-

ren. Alambuṣā, Miśrakeśī, Vidyutparṇā, Tilottamā,

Rakṣitā, Rambhā and Manoramā. (M.B., Ādi Parva,

Chapter 65, Verses 50, 51).

ARUṆĀ II . A tributary of the river Sarasvatī. (M.B.,

Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 15).

Aruṇā f.: Name of a river; also called

tīrtha (9. 42. 26, 27).

A. Description: An excellent tīrtha

(tīrthavara) 9. 42. 26; the confluence of the

river Sarasvatī and Aruṇā was world famous

(lokaviśruta) 3. 81. 131. B. Relation

with other tīrthas: (1) The Devītīrtha

(tīrthaṃ devyāḥ) was situated near it 3.

81. 131; (2) The confluence of the rivers

Kauśikī and Aruṇā was known as the Kālikā-

saṃgama 3. 82. 135. C. Importance:

(1) A bath in the river Aruṇā frees one

of the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa (brahma-

hatyāpahā hi sā) 9. 42. 25, 34; (2) If

one fasts for three nights and bathes at the

confluence of Aruṇā and Sarasvatī one is

freed of the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa and

he obtains the fruit of performing an Agni-

ṣṭoma and an Atirātra sacrifice; he also

purifies his lineage for seven generations 3.

81. 131-32; he is also freed of all sins 3. 82.

135; (3) Aruṇā finds mention in the Dai-

vata-Ṛṣi-Vaṃśa 13. 151. 16. D. Events:

(1) Epic: (a) Before starting the war on

the eighteenth day, the Kaurava warriors

went to the rivers Aruṇā and Sarasvatī and

bathed there and drank their water; the place

was situated on the slope of Himavant a

little less than two yojanas from the Kuru-

kṣetra (ūne dviyojane gatvā pratyatiṣṭhanta

kauravāḥ/ … prasthe himavataḥ śubhe) 9.

4. 48-49; the warriors returned from there

for war with their energies restored (kṛtot-

sāhāḥ) 9. 4. 50; (b) Balarāma bathed in

Aruṇā, gave varied gifts and acquired religi-

ous merit (avāpya dharamam) 9. 42. 38;

(2) Mythological; (a) when the ascetics

requested Sarasvatī for the mokṣa of the

Rākṣasas, it brought to its body the river

Aruṇā (aruṇām ānayām āsa svāṃ tanuṃ

puruṣarṣabha) 9. 42. 24; when the Rākṣasas

bathed in Aruṇā they left their bodies and

went to heaven (tanūs tyaktvā divaṃ gatāḥ)

9. 42. 25; (b) Indra was advised by

Brahmadeva to perform a sacrifice on the

river Sarasvatī and to bathe in Aruṇā

according to the prescribed rites (yathāvidhi

9. 42. 34); he was then freed of the sin

arising out of killing a Brāhmaṇa (aruṇā-

yām upāspṛśat/sa muktaḥ pāpmanā

tena brahmahyatyākṛtena ha) 9. 42. 35-36;

9. 42. 26; (c) Namuci's head too reached

the eternal, wish-yielding worlds by plung-

ing (āplutya) into Aruṇā (śiraś tac

cāpi namuceḥ lokān kāmadughān prāptam

akṣayān) 9. 42. 37.