# कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda)

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कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning having speckled feet, name of a king, a proper name, a king cursed by Shakti in Naimisha, another name for Mitrasaha. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them King Kalmāṣapāda: Identification and Key Attributes, Having speckled feet (adjective), King Kalmāṣapāda: Detailed Mythological Narratives.

- **SLP1:** `kalmAzapAda`  **IAST:** kalmāṣapāda  **Devanagari:** कल्माषपाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmashapada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalmashapada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### King Kalmāṣapāda: Identification and Key Attributes (7 definitions)
- Name of a king  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कल्माष (kalmāṣa) — पाद (—pāda) m. N. of a king of Saudāsa (descendant of Ikṣvāku transformed to a Rākṣasa by Vasiṣṭha), MBh.; R.; Hariv.; VP. [ ID=46250 ]
- The name of a king transformed into a demon by Vasishtha.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्माष (kalmāṣa) पाद (pāda) (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 203 ] कल्माष (kalmāṣa) पाद (pāda) (kalmāṣapāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) The name of a king, also SAUDĀSA, transformed to a Rākṣasa by VASIṢṬHA. E. कल्माष (kalmāṣa), and पाद (pāda) a foot. [ ID=9611 ]
- Name of a king  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 170-b ] कल्माष - पाद (kalmāṣa-pāda) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. Name of a king. [ ID=9047 ]
- The name of a king transformed into a Rakshasa by Vasishtha  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्माषपाद (pāda) (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 167-a ] कल्माषपाद (pāda) (kalmāṣapāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) The name of a king, also SAUDASSA; transformed to a Rakshasa by VASISHTHA. E. कल्माष, (kalmāṣa,) and पाद (pāda) a foot. [ ID=9606 ]
- A proper name  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 0170-a ] कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) kalmāṣa-pāda, m. A proper name, Rām. 1, 70, 39. [ ID=3113 ]
- a king cursed by Shakti in Naimisha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 1-337 ] Kalmāṣapāda (I) — a king who was cursed by Śakti in Naimiṣa which resulted in the enmity between Vasisṭha and Viśvāmitra. Vā. 2. 11; Br. I. 2. 11. [ ID=2684 ]
- another name for Mitrasaha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kalmāṣapāda (II) — another name is Mitrasaha. See Saudāsa: son of Ṛtuparṇa. Br. III. 63. 176; M. 12. 46; Vā. 88. 176; Vi. IV. 4. 57. [ ID=2685 ]

### Having speckled feet (adjective) (1 definition)
- having speckled feet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 263,2] कल्माष (kalmāṣa) — पाद (—pāda) mfn. having speckled feet, R. [ ID=46249 ]

### King Kalmāṣapāda: Detailed Mythological Narratives (1 definition)
- King of Ayodhya, husband of Madayanti, also known as Saudasa or Mitrasaha.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कल्माषपाद (kalmāṣapāda) [Printed book page 377-1 ] Kalmāṣapāda, Saudāsa (also named Mitrasaha), king of Ayodhyā and husband of Madayantī. § 188 (Madayantī): Page377-b+ 63 I, 122, 4737 (being himself unable to beget children K. urged Madayantī to go to Vasiṣṭha, who begat Aśmaka on her, cf. § 225).—§ 224 (Vāsiṣṭha): The rājarṣi of the race of Ikṣvāku Kalmāṣapāda (whose sacrifices Viśvāmitra had desired to perform) once when hunting met the viprarṣi Śaktri, the eldest of Vasiṣṭha's 100 sons, and ordered him to stand out of his way, and as Śaktri did not yield K. struck him with his whip. Śaktri then cursed him, saying: “From this day thou shalt be a rākṣasa, eating human flesh.” The king began humbly to propitiate the ṛṣi, but Viśvāmitra (between whom and Vasiṣṭha there was a dispute about K., whom they both wanted as their yājya) passed before them without being seen, and caused a rākṣasa named Kiṅkara to enter the king. Viśvāmitra then went away. At this time a hungry brahman beheld in the wood K., who was terribly afflicted by the rākṣasa, and asked the king for some food with meat. K. asked him to stay there for a moment, and having roved for some time at pleasure at last entered his inner apartments. When waking at midnight and remembering his promise, he summoned his cook, and as the cook did not find any meat K. said: “Feed him with human flesh.” The cook then took human flesh from the place where the executioners were, and offered it to the hungry brahman. Seeing with his spiritual power of vision ( siddha-cakṣuṣā ) what kind of food it was, the brahman in anger said that the king himself should take a fancy to such food and wander over all the earth alarming all creatures. The curse on the king, being thus repeated a second time, became very strong, and possessed by the rākṣasa the king lost all his senses. A while after K., beholding Śaktri, in order to revenge him- self for the curse slew him and ate him up. And Viśvāmitra caused that rākṣasa also to devour the other sons of Vasiṣṭha: I, 176, 6696 ( Ikṣvākuvaṃśajaḥ ), [6720 ( Mitrasahaḥ B., C. has mitrasahaṃ as adj. to dvijaṃ )].—§ 225 (Vāsiṣṭha): I, 177, 6761, 6768 (Vasiṣṭha delivered K. from the curse of Śaktri, and then at the request of K. begat Aśmaka on Madayantī, the queen of K.).—§ 228 (Aurvop.): I, 181, 6881 (attained to heaven).—§ 229 (Vasiṣṭhop.): I, 182, 6888, 6904 ( rājarṣiṃ, it is related why K. caused Vasiṣṭha to beget a son on his wife).—[§ 480 (Pativratop., Brāhmaṇavyā- dhasaṃv.): III, 208, 13817 ( Saudāsena, all. to § 224).]— § 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 45, 2092 ( Rākṣasaḥ, a sentence of his is quoted; read with B. K°aḥ sarasi, instead of K°asarasi ). —[§ 638 b (Rāmopākhyāna): XII, 49, 1792 ( dāyādaḥ Saudā- sasya…Sarvakarmā, had been protected by Parāśara).]— [§ 723 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 6 α, 326 ( Kośalādhipaḥ… Saudāsaḥ, had become a Rākṣasa through a curse, all. to § 224).]—[§ 677 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 235, 8604 ( rājā Mitrasahaś cāpi Vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane Madayantīṃ ( Dama°, C.) priyāṃ dattvā tayā saha divaṃ gataḥ, cf. § 225).]—[§ 746 (do.): XIII, 78, 3732 ( Ikṣvākuvaṃśajo rājā Saudāsaḥ ), (3734) ( Saudāsaḥ, questioned Vasiṣṭha about kine).]— § 767 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 137 α, 6262 ( rājā Mitrasahaḥ ).]— [§ 784 b (Uttaṅka): XIV, 56, 1654 ( Saudāsapatnī° ), 1656 ( Saudāsaṃ puruṣādaṃ ); 57, (1672) ( Saudāsaḥ ), (1674) (do.), (1679) (do.), 1681 ( Saudāsa° ); 58, 1690 ( Mitrasahaṃ ), (1691) ( Saudāsaḥ ), (1694) (do.), (1700) (do.), (1704) (do.) (caused Madayantī to give Uttaṅka her ear-rings).] Cf. Ikṣvākuvara, Kośalādhipa, Mitrasaha, Rākṣasa, Saudāsa. [ ID=5211 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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