Kshupa, ṣu貹: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṣu貹 can be transliterated into English as Ksupa or Kshupa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) ṣu貹 (क्षु�).—A Prajāpati. There is a story about the birth of this Prajāpati in Mahābhārata. Once Brahmā wished to perform a sacrifice. But he could not get suitable priest as the performer of the sacrifice. So Brahmā decided to create a befitting person as Ṛtvik (the priest who does the rituals of the sacrifice) and he got pregnant in his head. After a thousand years he sneezed and a Prajāpati came out of the head of Brahmā. That Prajāpati was ṣu貹. He made ṣu貹 his Ṛtvik. (Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 122).
Rudra Bhagavān made him Prajāpati (the Lord of all subjects).
2) ṣu貹 (क्षु�).—A King who was the son of Prasandhi, and the grandson of Vaivasvata Manu. He was the father of Ikṣvāku. In Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, it is mentioned that ṣu貹 stayed in the Palace of Yama after his death. In Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 166 it is stated that this King had received a sword directly from Vaivasvata Manu. ṣu貹 was not in the habit of eating flesh. (Mahābhārata Anuśāsana Parva. Chapter 159, Stanza 67).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexṣu貹 (क्षु�).—The father of Viṃśa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 86. 6.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantuṣu貹 (क्षु�) refers to “shrubs having smaller roots� and represents one of the five kinds of ṅkܰ or “substances (dravya) produced (ja) through a sprout (ṅkܰ)�, as defined in the first chapter (ū徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Anūpādi-varga covers some 16 major topics regarding land and vegetations (e.g., ṣu貹) .
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindusṣu貹 (क्षु�) refers to “shrubs� (which elephants are fond of tearing), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 9, “on kinds of must”]: �10. Tearing freely at ant hills, posts, bushes, shrubs (ṣu貹), and trees, with excited look, when he walks along straight ahead with hastened footsteps, lifting his trunk high in air, and when, at the time when his girdle is being girded on, he constantly sprays forth water (from his trunk) and bellows, entwining his right tusk (with his trunk), then he shows attainment of (that kind of) must which brings victory�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsṣu貹 (क्षु�):—Herb

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣu貹 (क्षु�).—A tree with small roots and branches, a shrub, bush, Rām.2.25.7; क्षुपेषु मुक्तमूलेष� केचित्पेतुरवाङ्मुखाः (ṣupeṣu muktamūleṣu kecitpeturavāṅmukhā�) Śiva. B.2.36.
Derivable forms: ṣu貹� (क्षुपः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣu貹 (क्षु�).—m.
(-貹�) A small tree, one with short branches and roots, a bush, a shurb. E. ṣu to sound, aff. pa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣu貹 (क्षु�).—m. 1. A shrub, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 229. 2. The name of a king, Mahābhārata 14, 66. 3. The name of a mountain, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 8950.
� Cf. [Old High German.] scubo, scubil.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣu貹 (क्षु�).—[masculine] ṣu貹ka [masculine] & [feminine] shrub, bush.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣu貹 (क्षु�):�m. a bush, shrub (a small tree with short branches and roots, [Horace H. Wilson]), [Yājñavalkya ii, 229; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa ii, 25, 7; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) Name of an old king (son of Prasaṃdhi and father of Ikṣvāku), [Mahābhārata]
3) Name of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Satya-bhāmā, [Harivaṃśa 9183] ([varia lectio] ṛp)
4) Name of a mountain westward from Dvāra, [ib. 8950] ([varia lectio] -ṣaⲹ)
5) ṣu (क्षुपा):—[from ṣu貹] f. a bush, shrub, [Suśruta]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṣu貹 (क्षु�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khuva.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṣu貹 (ಕ್ಷು�):�
1) [noun] a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length; a bush.
2) [noun] a tree with short branches; a small tree.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kshupadodamushti, Kshupadodimushti, Kshupaka, Kshupalu, Kshupana.
Full-text (+1563): Citrakshupa, Maricakshupa, Kshudrakshupa, Prithukshupa, Chitrakshupa, Kshupalu, Kshupadodamushti, Kshumpa, Kshupaka, Siddhartha, Khuva, Patali, Prasandhi, Supa, Macca, Dadhicakshupasamvada, Shikhari, Rama, Savrikshakshupalata, Dodi.
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Legend of Ksupa < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 2 (1967)]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Defeat of ṣu貹 < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 36 - Dialogue between ṣu貹 and Dadhīca < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 30 - The Story of Sage Śveta < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Part 7 - Ratrinamani (Ratri Nama) < [Chapter 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXXII < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]
Section IV < [Ashvamedhika Parva]
Section VIII < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]