# जरत्कारु (jaratkāru)

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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 — E. jarat being old, and kāru a maker; a practiser of austerities in old age
- **SLP1:** `jaratkAru`  **IAST:** jaratkāru  **Devanagari:** जरत्कारु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaratkaru
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jaratkaru/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Jaratkāru: Name for both Sage and his Wife (5 definitions)
- 1. Name of a sage. 2. Name of his wife.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 099-3 ] जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) jarat-kāru, m. N. of a Ṛṣi; f. N. of his wife : -priyā, f. id.. [ ID=7920 ]
- 1. A celebrated sage. 2. The wife of Jaratkaru, also known as the snake goddess Manasa.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जरत् (jarat) कारु (kāru) (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 342 ] जरत् (jarat) कारु (kāru) (jaratkāru) m. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) A celebrated Muni or sage so named. f. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) The wife of JARATKĀRU, the snake goddess MANASĀ. E. जरत् (jarat) being old, and कारु (kāru) a maker; a practiser of austerities in old age. [ ID=15936 ]
- 1. A celebrated sage. 2. His wife.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 300-b ] जर - त्कारु (jara-tkāru) ( रुः ) ((ruḥ)) 2. m. A celebrated sage so named. f. His wife. [ ID=15395 ]
- 1. A celebrated sage. 2. The wife of Jaratkaru, also known as the snake goddess Manasa.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जरत् (jarat) कारु (kāru) (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 282-b ] जरत् (jarat) कारु (kāru) (jaratkāru) m. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) A celebrated Muni or sage so named. f. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) The wife of JARATKARU, the snake goddess MANASA. E. जरत् (jarat) being old, and कारु (kāru) a maker; a practiser of austerities in old age. [ ID=15907 ]
- The name of an ancient Rishi and his wife.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 182 ] जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) m. f. N. of an ancient Ṛṣi & his wife. [ ID=11092 ]

### Jaratkāru (Female): Sage's Wife & Serpent Goddess (2 definitions)
- his wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > जरत् (jarat) — कारु (—kāru) f. his wife (sister of the Nāga Vāsuki), Mahābhārata (Title); Brahmavaivarta-purāṇa (Title) ii, 42 [ ID=77641 ]
- sister of Vasuki, wife of Jaratkaru, and mother of Astika  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 356-1 ] Jaratkāru 2, sister of Vāsuki, the king of serpents, wife of Jaratkāru, and mother of Āstīka. § 26 (Jaratkāru): I, 14, 1056 (given in marriage to Jaratkāru).—§ 49 (Vāsuki): I, 38, 1637 ( Vāsukeḥ sarparājasya…svasā ), 1639; 39, 1642.—§ 50 (Jaratkāru): I, 40, 1658.—§ 54 (do.): I, 47, 1888, 1895, 1901, 1909 (offends her husband by awaking him).—§ 55 (Āstīka): I, 48, 1912, 1919, (1920) (relates to Vāsuki the departure of her husband, and that he had said that she should give birth to a son).—§ 60 (Sarpasattra): I, 54, 2067 ( bhujaṅgamā ), 2070 ( bhaginī nāgarājasya ), (2071), 2079 (related to her son Āstīka the curse of the serpents and their hope that he should deliver them).—§ 68 (Āstīka): I, 58, 2189 (v. Jaratkāru 1 ).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3975 (v. Jaratkāru 1 ). [ ID=4816 ]

### Sage Jaratkāru (Male) (2 definitions)
- Name of a sage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 413,3] जरत् (jarat) — कारु (—kāru) m. ( g. शिवा (śivā) दि (di) ) N. of a Ṛṣi of Yāyāvara's family, Mahābhārata (Title); Brahma-purāṇa (Title) ii, 1 and 43 [ ID=77640 ]
- An ascetic sage, husband of Jaratkaru, and father of Astika.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > जरत्कारु (jaratkāru) [Printed book page 355-2 ] Jaratkāru 1, 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 Page356-a+ 63 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 ). [ ID=4815 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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