कर्कोटक
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कर्कोटकः पुं, (कर्कं कण्टकमयत्वात् कठोरं अटति प्राप्नोति तद्रूपतया कायति प्रकाशते । पृषोदरा- दित्वात् ओकारादेशे साधुः ।) विल्ववृक्षः । (कर्कोट + संज्ञायां कन् ।) कद्रुपुत्त्रनागराज- विशेषः । इति मेदिनी ॥ (यथा, महाभारते । १ । आस्तीके । ३५ । ५ । “ऐरावतस्तक्षकश्च कर्कोटकधनञ्जयौ” ॥) इक्षुः । इति राजनिर्घण्टः ॥ फललताविशेषः ॥ का~करोल इति भाषा । तत्पर्य्यायः । किला- सघ्नः २ तिक्तपत्रः ३ सुगन्धकः ४ । इति हेम- चन्द्रः ॥ अस्य गुणाः । शुक्रकफपित्तनाशित्वम् । रुचिकारित्वञ्च । इति राजवल्लभः ॥ (“तद्वत् कर्कोटकं प्रोक्तम्” ॥ इति सुश्रुते । शूत्रे । ४६ अध्याये ॥ विशेषश्चास्यैर्व्वारुकशब्दे प्रदर्शितः ॥)
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कर्कोटक¦ m. (-कः)
1. A plant, (Ægle marmelos:) see मालूर।
2. A Naga or serpent: see the preceding.
3. A kind of gourd, (Momordica charantia:) in this sense; also कर्कोटिका।
5. Sugar-cane.
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कर्कोटक m. Momordica Mixta Sus3r.
कर्कोटक m. Aegle Marmelos L.
कर्कोटक m. the sugar-cane L.
कर्कोटक m. N. of a नागMBh. Hariv. etc.
कर्कोटक m. pl. N. of a people MBh. viii , 2066
कर्कोटक n. the fruit of Momordica Mixta Sus3r. i , 222 , 1.
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Karkoṭaka : m.: A mythical serpent, living in Bhogavatī Purī 5. 101. 9, 1.
A. Birth: Son of Surasā and Kaśyapa 5. 101. 4, 17; also mentioned among the sons of Kadrū, listed by Sūta at the request of Śaunaka 1. 31. 5, 2; often mentioned with serpent Dhanaṁjaya (karkoṭakadhanaṁjayau) 1. 31. 5; 2. 9. 9; 5. 101. 9.
B. Description and status: Marked with gem, svastika, circles, kamaṇḍalu (ascetic's vessel); having mouths in varying numbers 5. 101. 5-7; king of serpents (nāgarājan) 3. 64. 3; 3. 75. 17; (nāgarāja) 3. 70. 32; no other serpent his equal (matsamo nāsti pannagaḥ 3. 63. 7).
C. Activities: Waits, with other nāgas, on Varuṇa in his sabhā 2. 9. 9; present among those who arrived to greet Arjuna's birth 1. 114, 60; one of the nāgas who received the white snake issuing from the mouth of Balarāma and entering the ocean 16. 5. 14.
D. Part played in the Nala story: Nala heard him inviting for help and saw him lying in coils in a forest fire; he introduced himself as Nāga Karkoṭaka; he once seized (?pralabdha) a Brahmanical sage and, due to his curse, was since unable to move; agreed to become Nala's friend and, if saved by Nala, assured to teach him something which would stand him in good stead (śreyaḥ); Karkoṭaka could change his size at will and become of the size of a thumb; he asked Nala to take him some distance and while doing so count his steps; Nala picked him up and took him to a place where there was no fire; at the tenth step (daśame pade) he bit Nala when, apparently, Nala must have uttered the word daśa (which was also a command to bite); as a result Nala became deformed (vikṛta); Karkoṭaka assumed his natural form and advised Nala to go to king Ṛtuparṇa of Ayodhyā; Karkoṭaka changed Nala's appearance so that no one should recognize him; he gave Nala two pieces of cloth and asked him to put them on, after remembering Karkoṭaka, to regain his original form 3. 63. 1-24; the piece of cloth was free from dust (vastram arajaḥ), and when Nala did, as advised, he regained his original form 3. 75. 17; Kali who had entered Nala's body was all along burning due to the sharp (tīkṣṇa) poison of Karkoṭaka which was in Nala's body; when Kali came out of Nala's body he vomitted this poison 3. 70. 27, 32.
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Karkoṭaka : m. (pl.): Name of a people.
A Brāhmaṇa had said in the assembly of the Kurus that according to a certain Rākṣasī one should avoid the Karkoṭakas (yad anyo 'py uktavān sabhyo brāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṁsadi…karkoṭakān vīrakāṁś ca… vivarjayet) 8. 30. 41, 45.
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Karkoṭaka : m.: A mythical serpent, living in Bhogavatī Purī 5. 101. 9, 1.
A. Birth: Son of Surasā and Kaśyapa 5. 101. 4, 17; also mentioned among the sons of Kadrū, listed by Sūta at the request of Śaunaka 1. 31. 5, 2; often mentioned with serpent Dhanaṁjaya (karkoṭakadhanaṁjayau) 1. 31. 5; 2. 9. 9; 5. 101. 9.
B. Description and status: Marked with gem, svastika, circles, kamaṇḍalu (ascetic's vessel); having mouths in varying numbers 5. 101. 5-7; king of serpents (nāgarājan) 3. 64. 3; 3. 75. 17; (nāgarāja) 3. 70. 32; no other serpent his equal (matsamo nāsti pannagaḥ 3. 63. 7).
C. Activities: Waits, with other nāgas, on Varuṇa in his sabhā 2. 9. 9; present among those who arrived to greet Arjuna's birth 1. 114, 60; one of the nāgas who received the white snake issuing from the mouth of Balarāma and entering the ocean 16. 5. 14.
D. Part played in the Nala story: Nala heard him inviting for help and saw him lying in coils in a forest fire; he introduced himself as Nāga Karkoṭaka; he once seized (?pralabdha) a Brahmanical sage and, due to his curse, was since unable to move; agreed to become Nala's friend and, if saved by Nala, assured to teach him something which would stand him in good stead (śreyaḥ); Karkoṭaka could change his size at will and become of the size of a thumb; he asked Nala to take him some distance and while doing so count his steps; Nala picked him up and took him to a place where there was no fire; at the tenth step (daśame pade) he bit Nala when, apparently, Nala must have uttered the word daśa (which was also a command to bite); as a result Nala became deformed (vikṛta); Karkoṭaka assumed his natural form and advised Nala to go to king Ṛtuparṇa of Ayodhyā; Karkoṭaka changed Nala's appearance so that no one should recognize him; he gave Nala two pieces of cloth and asked him to put them on, after remembering Karkoṭaka, to regain his original form 3. 63. 1-24; the piece of cloth was free from dust (vastram arajaḥ), and when Nala did, as advised, he regained his original form 3. 75. 17; Kali who had entered Nala's body was all along burning due to the sharp (tīkṣṇa) poison of Karkoṭaka which was in Nala's body; when Kali came out of Nala's body he vomitted this poison 3. 70. 27, 32.
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Karkoṭaka : m. (pl.): Name of a people.
A Brāhmaṇa had said in the assembly of the Kurus that according to a certain Rākṣasī one should avoid the Karkoṭakas (yad anyo 'py uktavān sabhyo brāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṁsadi…karkoṭakān vīrakāṁś ca… vivarjayet) 8. 30. 41, 45.
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