avikṣit

avikṣit a-vikṣit, t, m., N. of a king.

a-vikṣit m. N. of a, king, MBh. i, 231

(son of Kuru), 3740 seqq.; xiv, 82.

avikṣit m. N. of a king, son of Kuru; Mb.1.238.

avikṣit- m. n. d'un roi.

avikṣit (3. a + vi°) m. N. pr. eines Königs MBH. 14, 82. VP. 352. LIA. I, Anh. XV. XXIV.

— Vgl. āvikṣita .

avikṣit MBH. 1, 231. ein Sohn Kuru's 3740. fg.

avikṣit m. N.pr. eines Fürsten.

Avikṣit¹. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 231 (belongs to the past).

—§ 154 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3740, 3741 (son of Kuru and

father of Parikṣit).

Avikṣit². § 778e (Saṃvartta-Mar.): XIV, 4, 82: King

A. Kārandhama, son of Suvarcas, lived at the beginning of

the Tretā age, and was equal to Indra, Bṛhaspati, and

Himavat; all kings were under his control; he was given

to sacrifices, he performed hundreds of horse-sacriflces, and

Aṅgiras himself served as his priest; 5, 104 (father of

Marutta).

Avikṣit — the son of Karamdhama and father of

Marutta.

Bhā. IX. 2. 26; Vi. IV. 1. 30-31.

AVIKṢIT I . A famous King. The son of Karandhama

and father of Marutta. He was honoured even by

Bṛhaspati, having performed a hundred horse sacrifices.

Mention is made in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa that Avikṣit

had seven wives: Varā, Gaurī, Subhadrā, Līlāvatī,

Vibhā, Maṅgavatī, and Kumudvatī. Besides them Vai-

śālinī the princess of Viśālā also was his wife. He had

taken this Vaiśālinī from her Svayaṃvara dais (the

bride herself selecting a husband from those who are

present), defeating the Kings who were present

there. Those defeated Kings, later, joined together and

defeated Avikṣit and took him a prisoner. Finally Kara-

ndhama rescued him. His greatness is described as

follows:

“The righteous man Avikṣit is equal to Indra in pro-

wess. This austere and righteous man has become a

great sacrificer. In brightness he is equal to the

Sun, as forgiving as the earth, in intelligence equal

to Bṛhaspati and as firm as the Himālayas. By his

thought, word, and deed and self control and noble

actions he kept his subjects in peace and prosperity.”

(Bhāṣā Bhārata, Aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 4, Stanzas

19-21).

AVIKṢIT II . Five sons were born to King Kuru by his

wife Vāhinī. Avikṣit was one of them. [See the word

Vaṃśāvalī (Genealogy)].