अश्मक

{ aśmakḥ, aśmaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AŚMAKA I   Son born to Vasiṣṭha by the wife of Kalmāṣapāda the King of Ayodhyā. (See Ikṣvāku vaṁśa) while the King Kalmāṣapāda was walking through the forest hunting he saw Śakti the son of Vasiṣṭha. As Śakti did not care to give room for the King, Kalmāṣapāda wounded Śakti, who cursed the King and changed him to a Rākṣasa (giant). The giant immediately killed Śakti. After many years Vasiṣṭha blessed the King and changed the form of the giant and gave him back his former shape. The King was delighted at having recovered his former shape. He took Vasiṣṭha to his palace. Madayantī the wife of the King with his permission went to Vasiṣṭha and got with child. Vasiṣṭha returned to the forest. Even after the lapse of a long period she did not give birth to the child. Madayantī who was miserable at this, took an ‘aśman’ (a small cylindrical piece of the granite used to crush things placed on a flat square piece of granite) and crushed her stomach with it and she delivered a son. As he was born by using ‘Aśma’ he was named Aśmaka. This King had built a city called Paudhanyā. [M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 176] .
AŚMAKA II   Aśmaka (m) is a place between the rivers Godāvarī and Māhiṣmatī. Aśmaka was a king of this land. He fought against the Kauravas on the Pāṇḍava side. [Karṇa Parva] .
AŚMAKA III   A sage. [M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 47, Śloka 5] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

अश्मक n.  (सू. इ.) अश्मा का अर्थ हे पत्थर । उसने इसे उत्पन्न किया, अतएक इसका यह नाम प्रचलित हुआ । यह कल्माषपाद नाम से प्रसिद्ध, मित्रसह राजा का पुत्र है [वायु.८८.१७५-१७७] ; [ब्रह्मांड. ३.६३.१७५-१७७] ; [विष्णु.४.४३८] । कल्माषपाद राजा एक ब्राह्मण के शाप के कारण, स्त्रीसमागम नही कर सकता था । परंतु इक्ष्वाकु कुल की वृद्धि आवश्यक समझ कर, कल्माषपाद ने वशिष्ठ ऋषि से कह कर, उससे अपने मदयंती नामक पत्नी कें उदर में गर्भस्थापना करवाई [म.आ.११३] । बारह वर्ष होने पर भी, यह गर्भ बाहर नही आया । तब मदयंती ने अश्मप्रहार से उदरविदारण कर के इसे बाहर निकाला [म.आ.१६७.६८] । सात वर्षो के बाद, अश्मप्रहार कर वसिष्ठ ने इसे बाहर निकाला [भा.९.९.३९] । इसने पौदन्य नामक नगर वसाया [म.आ.१६८.२५] । इसे मूलक नामक पुत्र था, जिसे आगे चल कर, नारीकवच नाम प्राप्त हुआ [भा.९.९] ।
अश्मक II. n.  एक राजा । कर्ण ने इसे जीत कर इससे कर वसूल किया था [म.क८.२०] । भारतीय युद्ध में यह पांडवों के पक्ष में था [म. द्रो.६१] ।
अश्मक III. n.  भीष्म शरपंजर पर पडा था । तब उसके पास रहनेवाला एक ब्राह्मण।
अश्मक IV. n.  अश्मक देश का राजा [म.स.२८.३०७] यह कौरवों के पक्ष में था । व्यूहभेद करने के पश्चात्, अभिमन्यु ने इसका वध किया [म. द्रो.३६.२३] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अश्मक  m.  m. ( g. ऋश्या-दि q.v.) N. of a son of वसिष्ठ and मदयन्ती, [MBh.]; [VP.]
अवन्त्य्-अश्मकास्    N. of a warrior tribe, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 173]; [R.] &c. ( cf.)

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अवन्त्य् अश्मकास्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

अश्मकः [aśmakḥ]   [अश्मेव स्थिरः, इवार्थे कन्]
  N. N. of a sage.
  N. N. of a country in the south; तथाश्मकाः पुलिन्दाश्च कलिङ्गाश्च विशेषतः Rām. (probably an old name of Travancore); according to [Bṛi. S.14.22] it is in the north-west (दिशि पश्चिमोत्तरस्यां......... अश्मककुलूतलहडस्त्री- राज्यनृसिंहवनखस्थाः)
   The inhabitants of the country (pl.).
   A part of the साल्व country or its inhabitants; or its king.