परीक्षित्parīkṣit

परीक्षित् (parīkṣit) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a son of Abhimanyu and father of Janamejaya, a son of Kuru, a son of Anashvana and father of Bhimasena, a king of Ayodhya, name of a king, son of Abhimanyu and grandson of Arjuna, the grandson of Arjuna. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them King Parīkṣit, son of Abhimanyu (grandson of Arjuna), The name Parīkṣit: general, orthography, multiple bearers, Parīkṣit, son of Kuru.

Root: 2. क्षि (2. kṣi)
Etymology: E. परि before, क्षि to destroy, क्विप् aff. also with a final vowel परीक्षितः he was destroyed in his mother's womb, but reanimated by KṚṢṆA
Definitions: 15

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King Parīkṣit, son of Abhimanyu (grandson of Arjuna)

6 definitions

Name of a son of Abhimanyu and father of Janamejaya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a king, son of Abhimanyu and grandson of Arjuna.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The grandson of Arjuna

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A king, the grandson of Arjuna.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The grandson of Arjuna who succeeded Yudhishthira to the throne of Hastinapura.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A renowned king, son of Uttara and Abhimanyu, father of Janamejaya, who ruled from Hastinapura, heard the Bhagavata Purana narrated by Shuka, and died after being bitten by the serpent Takshaka.

परीक्षित् (parīkṣit) [Printed book page 2-297]
Parīkṣit (I) — a son of Uttarā and Abhimanyu; birth of;

jātakarma by Yudhiṣṭhira by gifts of cows, gold and lands;

named Viṣṇurata as was born of Viṣṇu's grace; blessed by

Brahmanas to be like Ikṣvāku, Rāma, Śibi, Arjuna, and

so on;¹ a great conqueror;² with his capital at Hastināpura

was a sārvabhauma, a samrāṭ, and the foremost of the

Bhāgavatas;³ ruled the earth guided by Brahmanas; married

Irāvatī, daughter of Uttara and had four sons Janamejaya

and others; performed three aśvamedhas with Kṛpa as

preceptor; conquered Bhadrāśva, Ketumālā, and other coun-
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tries and took tributes from them; heard stories of Kṛṣṇa's

heroic deeds in those places; overheard conversation between

Dharma moving on one leg and the weeping Goddess of

Earth on the advent of Kali and at the departure of Kṛṣṇa

to Heaven; reached Sarasvatī where it flows towards the

east; saw a Vṛṣala in royal robes beating a white bull totter-

ing on one foot and a cow bereft of calf shedding tears;

promised security of life to them; appreciation by Dharma

and Parīkṣit's answer; Kali in Vṛṣala's garb fell at his feet

and was asked to leave Brahmāvarta. But on request the

King permitted him to live in five unrighteous regions; dice,

wine, women, slaughter-house, and gold;⁴ once when he

went ahunting he felt thirsty and hungry and entered the

hermitage of a sage in meditation; As he was not welcomed

he threw a dead serpent on his neck and returned home;

the sage's boy got offended and cursed that the King be

dead by the bite of Takṣaka in a week; the sage who came

to know of it regretted his son's conduct as it was a great

punishment for a small offence;⁵ the King regretted his deed,

knew that the Brahmana's curse would come true and was

in a state of Prāyopaveśa, when he was visited by sages and

kings to whom he bowed; thither came Śuka whom the

king enquired as to the beneficial course to seek mokṣa;

requested Śuka to narrate the stories of Kṛṣṇa;⁶ heard the

whole of Bhāgavata Purāṇa from Śuka and thanked him for

enlightening him on nirvāṇa;⁷ knew of his coming death at

the hands of Takṣaka and prepared calmly to cast off his

body into Gangā to attain Hari's feet; sat in contemplation

in a detached spirit; bitten by Takṣaka, his body was reduc-

ed to ashes by the poison; universal surprise and benediction

at the occurrence;⁸ from P. to Nanda's accession was a period

of 1500 years (1050 years Vi. P.: 1015 Wilson). Father of

Janamejaya and three other sons.⁹
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[Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 4. 9-10; 7. 12; 12. 7-30; Br. III. 68. 21; Vā. 99. 249.]

[Footnote: 2) M. 50. 57.]

[Footnote: 3) Bhā. I. chh. 16 and 17 (whole).]

[Footnote: 4) Ib. ch. 18 whole.]

[Footnote: 5) Ib. ch. 19. 1-16, 32. 38; II. 8. 1-26; VIII. 1. 33.]

[Footnote: 6) Ib. XII. 6. 1-7.]

[Footnote: 7) Ib. II. 4. 2; XII. 6. 9-15; 12. 5-6.]

[Footnote: 8) Br. III. 74. 227, 230; M. 273.

36; Vi. IV. 19. 78; 20-1.]

[Footnote: 9) Vā. 99, 229, 423; Vi. IV, 19. 78; 20. I.]
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— The Purana Index

The name Parīkṣit: general, orthography, multiple bearers

3 definitions

the name of several kings

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

see parikshit

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Name of a son of Abhimanyu and father of Janamejaya. 2. Name of a son of Kuru. 3. Name of a son of Anashvana and father of Bhimasena. 4. Name of a king of Ayodhya.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Parīkṣit, son of Kuru

2 definitions

a son of Kuru

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Kuru, childless

— The Purana Index

Adjective: inspected, tested, tried

1 definition

Inspected, tested, or tried

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parīkṣit, King of Ayodhyā (Ikṣvāku dynasty)

1 definition

a king of Ayodhya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Parīkṣit, son of An-aśvan/Anaśvā

1 definition

a son of Anashvana and father of Bhimasena

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Parīkṣit, son of Tāmasa Manu

1 definition

a son of Tamasa Manu

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.