वृषक

{ vṛṣaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VṚṢAKA I   Son of Subala the King of Gāndhāra. The following information about him is taken from Mahābhārata.
(i) He was present at the Svayaṁvara marriage of Draupadī. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 5] . He was present at the Rājasūya sacrifice (royal consecration) of Yudhiṣṭhira. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 84, Stanza 7] .
(ii) He was a prominent archer of the army of the Kauravas. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 168, Stanza 1] .
(iii) In the battle of Bhārata this Vṛṣaka was killed by Arjuna. [M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 30, Stanza 2] .
(iv) Vṛṣaka also was there among those brave men of the Kuru family who appeared on the surface of the Gangetic water by the invocation of Vyāsa. [M.B. Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 32, Stanza 12] .
VṚṢAKA II   A Kaliṅga prince. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Karṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 33] , that he also was killed in the battle of Bhārata.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : चूहा, चूहा

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वृषक n.  एक राजकुमार, जो गांधारराज सुबल का पुत्र था । यह द्रौपदीस्वयंवर में, एवं युधिष्ठिर के राजसूय यज्ञ में उपस्थित था [म. आ. १७७.५] ; [म. स. ३१.७] । भारतीय युद्ध में यह कौरवपक्ष में शामिल था, जहाँ इसकी श्रेणि ‘रथ’ थी [म. उ. १६५.१] । अर्जुनपुत्र इरावत् का इसने पराजय किया था [म. भी. ८३.२४-२८.११-१२] ; [क. ४.३९] । भारतीय-युद्ध के पश्र्चात्, व्यास के द्वारा आवाहन करने पर, यह गंगाजल से प्रकट हुआ था [म. आश्र ४०.१२] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वृषक  m.  m. a species of plant, [Suśr.]
N. of a king (son of सु-बल), [MBh.]
वृषक  n.  n. (with इन्द्रस्य) N. of various सामन्s, [ĀrṣBr.]