जरत्कारुjaratkāru

जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a sage, his wife, a celebrated sage, an ascetic sage, husband of Jaratkaru, and father of Astika, sister of Vasuki, wife of Jaratkaru, and mother of Astika. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Jaratkāru: Name for both Sage and his Wife, Jaratkāru (Female): Sage's Wife & Serpent Goddess, Sage Jaratkāru (Male).

Etymology: E. जरत् being old, and कारु a maker; a practiser of austerities in old age
Definitions: 9

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Jaratkāru: Name for both Sage and his Wife

5 definitions

1. Name of a sage. 2. Name of his wife.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated sage. 2. The wife of Jaratkaru, also known as the snake goddess Manasa.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated sage. 2. His wife.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A celebrated sage. 2. The wife of Jaratkaru, also known as the snake goddess Manasa.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The name of an ancient Rishi and his wife.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jaratkāru (Female): Sage's Wife & Serpent Goddess

2 definitions

his wife

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

sister of Vasuki, wife of Jaratkaru, and mother of Astika

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Sage Jaratkāru (Male)

2 definitions

Name of a sage

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An ascetic sage, husband of Jaratkaru, and father of Astika.

जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 355-2]
Jaratkāru¹, a ṛṣi, husband of Jaratkāru and father of

Āstīka. § 26 (cf. Āstīkap.): Sauti said: The ascetic J.,

when going about and practising religious austerities, one day

saw his ancestors, the Yāyāvaras, hanging, heads down, in

a great hole by a rope of vīraṇa fibres, which was eaten into

on all sides by a rat; he was told that it was because he had

no offspring. He then promised to marry, if he might get

a wife of the same name as his own, and who would be given

to him in charity (I, 13). At last he married Jaratkāru,

the sister of Vāsuki, the king of serpents (I, 14), who

intended by this marriage to neutralize the curse inflicted on

the serpents by their mother (Kadrū, q.v.). Having begotten

Āstīka, J. ascended to heaven together with his ancestors

(I, 15): I, 13, 1029 (Yāyāvarāṇāṃ pravaraḥ), 1034, 1037,

(1041), 1041, 1045; 14, 1054, 1055, 1056; 15, 1067, 1068.

—§ 49 (Vāsuki): I, 38, 1633, 1634, 1635 (it had been

destined by Brahmán that J. should marry Vāsuki's sister

Jaratkāru and beget Āstīka on her); 39, 1650, 1653, 1654.

—§ 50 (cf. Āstīkap.): Etymology of the name J. (jareti

kṣayam āhur vai, dāruṇaṃ kārusaṃjñitaṃ | śarīraṃ kāru

tasyāsīt tat sa dhīmāñ chanaiḥ śanaiḥ | kṣapayām āsa tīvreṇa

tapasā…Vāsuker bhaginī tathā): I, 40, 1655, 1656.—

§ 51 (Parikṣit): I, 40, 1661 (ṛṣiṃ).—§ 53 (cf. Āstīkap.):

The story of J. repeated (cf. § 26) and somewhat enlarged:

I, 45, 1813, 1831 (Veda-Vedāṅgapāragaḥ), 1839, 1843; 46,

1846, (1847), 1848, (1850), 1864; 47, 1869 (ṛṣiṃ), 1872,

1875.—§ 54 (cf. Āstīkap.): One day. J., sleeping on the lap of

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his wife when the sun was setting, was awakened by her, lest

the twilight should pass away without his prayers being said.

J. felt insulted, as he believed that the sun had no power to

set in the usual time if he was asleep. He therefore left her

and again began to practise austerities: I, 47, 1882, 1891,

1897, 1901, 1911.—§ 60 (Sarpasattra): I, 53, 2064; 54,

2079.—§ 68 (Āstīka): I, 58, 2189 (yo J°uṇā jātaḥ Jarat-

kārau, i.e. Āstīka).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3975

(reme…yathā…J°ur Jaratkārvāṃ).

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.