खश

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

खशः, पुं, देशविशेषः । इति त्रिकाण्डशेषः ॥ (तद्देशवासिनि तद्देशनृपे च बहुषु अणों लुक् ।) तथा हि मनुः । १० । ४४ । “पौण्ड्रकाश्चौड्रद्रविडाः काम्बोजा जवनाः शकाः । पारदाः पह्नवाश्चीनाः कीराता दरदाः खशाः ॥”)

शब्दसागरः

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

खश¦ m. (-शः)
1. A mountainous country to the north of India.
2. A native of that country, considered as a degraded Kshetriya. f. (-शा) A kind of perfume, commonly Mura.

Apte

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

खशः [khaśḥ], (pl.) A mountainous country in the north of India and its inhabitants; Ms.1.44; (also written खस).

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

खश for खसSee.

Purana index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

--defeated by Bharata; फलकम्:F1: भा. IX. २०. ३०.फलकम्:/F a kingdom of the East watered by the चक्षुष् and गङ्गा. फलकम्:F2: Br. II. १८. ४६ and ५०; ३१. ८३; M. १२१. ४३; १४४. ५७.फलकम्:/F

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Khaśa : m. (pl.): Name of a people (identical with Khaśikas ? )


A. Location: They lived between mountains Meru and Mandara under the pleasant shade of bamboos and reeds along the river Śailodā 2. 48. 2-3 (for citations see Ekāśanājyoha ).


B. Description: Described as goat-faced (bastamukha) 7. 97. 39; fierce and cruel (ugrāś ca krūrakarmāṇaḥ) 8. 51. 18; wrathful, fond of battles, strong and of firm fists (?) (saṁrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ) 8. 51. 19; they could not be conquered by any one except by Arjuna (na śakyā yudhinirjetuṁ tvadanyena paraṁtapa) 8. 51. 20.


C. Weapons: They fought with axes, spears and stones (ayohasta, śūlahasta, aśmavṛṣṭiṁ samantataḥ…ksiptāṁ ksiptāṁ) 7. 97. 39; also with śaktis, prāsas, and quivers (i. e. arrows stored in tūṇīras) 8. 15. 9.


D. Epic events:

(1) Kings of Khaśas brought as tribute for the Rājasūya heaps of pipīlika gold, to be measured by droṇas (te vai pipīlikaṁ nāma…jātarūpaṁ droṇameyam ahārṣuḥ) 2. 48. 3-4;

(2) Ulūka mentioned Khaśas among those who had joined the army of Duryodhana (rājacamūṁ sametām) 5. 158. 19-20;

(3) On the fourteenth day of war, Sātyaki repulsed with nārāca arrows stones showered on him again and again by Khaśas 7. 97. 39;

(4) On the sixteenth day, Pāṇḍya killed Khaśas and others fighting on horse-backs, along with their horses (aśvārohān hayān api) 8. 15. 9 [see Khaśika ].


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Khaśa : m. (pl.): Name of a people (identical with Khaśikas ? )


A. Location: They lived between mountains Meru and Mandara under the pleasant shade of bamboos and reeds along the river Śailodā 2. 48. 2-3 (for citations see Ekāśanājyoha ).


B. Description: Described as goat-faced (bastamukha) 7. 97. 39; fierce and cruel (ugrāś ca krūrakarmāṇaḥ) 8. 51. 18; wrathful, fond of battles, strong and of firm fists (?) (saṁrambhiṇo yuddhaśauṇḍā balino dṛbdhapāṇayaḥ) 8. 51. 19; they could not be conquered by any one except by Arjuna (na śakyā yudhinirjetuṁ tvadanyena paraṁtapa) 8. 51. 20.


C. Weapons: They fought with axes, spears and stones (ayohasta, śūlahasta, aśmavṛṣṭiṁ samantataḥ…ksiptāṁ ksiptāṁ) 7. 97. 39; also with śaktis, prāsas, and quivers (i. e. arrows stored in tūṇīras) 8. 15. 9.


D. Epic events:

(1) Kings of Khaśas brought as tribute for the Rājasūya heaps of pipīlika gold, to be measured by droṇas (te vai pipīlikaṁ nāma…jātarūpaṁ droṇameyam ahārṣuḥ) 2. 48. 3-4;

(2) Ulūka mentioned Khaśas among those who had joined the army of Duryodhana (rājacamūṁ sametām) 5. 158. 19-20;

(3) On the fourteenth day of war, Sātyaki repulsed with nārāca arrows stones showered on him again and again by Khaśas 7. 97. 39;

(4) On the sixteenth day, Pāṇḍya killed Khaśas and others fighting on horse-backs, along with their horses (aśvārohān hayān api) 8. 15. 9 [see Khaśika ].


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