शुनःशेप

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

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

शुनःशेपः [śunḥśēpḥ] फः [phḥ] , (फः) N. of a Vedic sage, son of Ajīgarta. [In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa it is related that king Hariśchandra, being childless, made a vow that on obtaining a son he would sacrifice him to the god Varuṇa. A son was born who was named Rohita, but the king put off the fulfilment of the vow under various pretexts. At last Rohita purchased for one hundred cows Śunahśepa, the middle son of Ajīgarta as a substitute for himself to be offered to Varuṇa. But the boy praised Viṣṇu, Indra, and other deities, and escaped death. He was then adopted by Viṣvāmitra in his own family and called by the name Devarāta.]

Monier-Williams

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

शुनःशेप/ शुनः-शेप m. " dog-tailed " , N. of a Vedic ऋषि(having the patr. आजीगर्ति, as son of अजीगर्तor अजीगर्त, and regarded as the author of the hymns i , 24-30 , ix , 3 ; accord. to AitBr. vii , 13-18 , king हरिश्चन्द्र, whose priest was विश्वा-मित्र, being childless , made a vow that on obtaining a son he would sacrifice him to the god वरुण; a son was then born to him named रोहित, but हरिश्चन्द्रput off on various pretexts the fulfilment of his vow , and when he at length consented to perform it , his son refused to be sacrificed , and retiring to the forest passed six years there until he met a poor Brahman ऋषिnamed अजीगर्त, who had three sons , the second of whom , शुनः-शेप, was purchased by रोहितfor a hundred cows to serve as a substitute for himself Page1083,1 ; वरुणhaving accepted him as a ransom , he was about to be sacrificed , विश्वा-मित्रbeing होतृpriest , when he saved himself by reciting verses in praise of various deities , and was received into the family of विश्वा-मित्रas one of his sons under the name of देव-रातSee. : the legend is different in the रामायण, which makes अम्बरीष, king of अयोध्या, perform a sacrifice , the victim of which is stolen by इन्द्र; this king is described as wandering over the earth in search of either the real victim or a substitute until he meets with a Brahman named ऋचीक, from whom he purchases his middle son , शुनः-शेप, who is about to be sacrificed , when विश्वा-मित्रsaves him by teaching him a prayer to अग्निand two hymns to इन्द्रand विष्णु; See. R. i , 61 , 62 ) RV. etc. ( IW. 25-27 )

शुनःशेप/ शुनः-शेप n. the genital organ of a dog MW.