# शिबि (śibi)

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शिबि (śibi) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a Rishi, a people descended from Shibi, an epithet of a son of Indra, an epithet of Indra in the fourth Manvantara, a son of Manu Chakshusha, name of a Daitya. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them The renowned King Śibi (son of Uśīnara), Śibi as a son of a specific figure, Śibi as a Daitya/Asura.

- **SLP1:** `Sibi`  **IAST:** śibi  **Devanagari:** शिबि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibi_%28king%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shibi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The renowned King Śibi (son of Uśīnara) (8 definitions)
- an epithet of a king renowned for liberality and unselfishness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a king (renowned for his liberality and unselfishness, and said to have saved Agni transformed into a dove from Indra transformed into a hawk by offering an equal quantity of his own flesh weighed in a balance), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=217013 ]
- 1. Name of a king noted for his generosity. 2. Name of a people.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 313-3 ] शिबि (śibi) śibi, m. N. of a king noted for his generosity, who sacrificed his body to save a dove : pl. N. of a people. [ ID=17875 ]
- 1. Name of a king. 2. His people.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 547 ] शिबि (śibi) m. N. of a king, pl. his people. [ ID=32453 ]
- Name of a king.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 258-a ] śibi, m. Śibi, name of a king. [ ID=4188 ]
- A king, son of Ushinara.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 199-2 ] Śibi 1 (C. Śivi), a king, son of Uśīnara. § 149 (Yayāti): I, 86, 3539; 93, (†3669), †3669 ( Auśīnaraḥ ), (†3671), †3672, †3680 ( Auśīnaraḥ ), †3681 ( Uśīnarasya putraḥ ), †3682 (when Yayāti fell down from heaven, his daughter's sons, Śibi, etc., offered him their worlds, but he would not accept them; then they all ascended to heaven).—§ 232 (Svayaṃ- varap.): I, 186, 6996 ( Auśīnaraḥ, present at the svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇā).—§ 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 320 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 94, 8503 ( Ś°r Auśīnaro yathā ).—§ 463: Questioned by the Pāṇḍavas about the greatness of the rājanyas, Mārkaṇḍeya related: Suhotra, one of the Kurus, on his return from a visit to the great ṛṣis, met Śibi Auśīnara seated on his chariot; each of them regarding himself to be the equal of the other, refused to give way. Nārada appeared and prevailed upon Suhotra to give way, quoting three ślokas (v. 13251—3; v. 13253: “one should conquer the mean by charity, the untruthful by truth, the man of wicked deeds by forgiveness. and the dishonest by honesty”) and declaring Śibi to be superior: III, 194, ††13249 ( Auśīnaraḥ, C. has °iḥ ), ††13255. —§ 466: Mārkaṇḍeya tells the history of Śibi Auśīnara ( Sauratheyaṃ, v. 13297, i.e. son of Surathā, Nīl.) being tried by Indra and Agni (cf. § 411 (Śyenakapotīya, where Page200-a+ 63 the same is told of Uśīnara); v. 13278, the purohita says that the falling ( nipātaṃ ) of a pigeon forebodes a great danger; the pigeon says he is a muni; v. 13283, Śibi wonders that the birds speak a polished language ( vāg ucyamānā śakunena saṃskṛtā ); of the gashes ( peśiṃ ) which the sword had caused on Ś.'s body Agni made an auspicious mark of golden hue and sweet odour; Śibi should have a son Kapotaroman, v. 13299, see Nīl.): III, 197, ††13274 ( Auśīnaraḥ ), ††13275.—§ 467 (Rājanyamahābh.): III, 198, ††13302 ( Auśīnaraḥ ), ††13319, ††13320, ††13324, ††13325, ††13326, (††13329), ††13330 (in order to try Ś., Vidhātṛ, in the disguise of a brahman, had ordered Ś. to cook his own son Bṛhadgarbha as food to him. Ś. did so).— § 480 (Pativratop.): III, 208, 13808 ( ātmamāṃsapradānena Ś°r Auśīnaro nṛpaḥ svargañ ca duṣkaraṃ prāptaḥ kṣamāvān, all. to § 466).—§ 545 (Pativratāmāhātmyap.): III, 294, 16674 ( C°r Auśīnaro yathā ).—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 56 ζ, 1768 (came to see the encounter between Bhīṣma and Arjuna).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 90 ν, 3146 ( Auśīnarasya ).—§ 565 (Gālavac.): V, 118, 4000 (born of Mādhavī, the daughter of Yayāti, to Uśīnara).—§ 566 (Yayāti): V, 121, 4057 ( Auśīnaraḥ ); 122, 4085 ( Auśīnaraḥ, the sons of the daughter of Yayāti, viz. Śibi, etc., caused him to ascend again to heaven by means of their good deeds, cf. § 149).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9 αα, 314 ( Auśīna- rasya ).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarājika): King Ś. Auśīnara girded the earth round himself as if it were a leathern girdle ( carmavat paryaveṣṭayat, i.e. svādhīnām akarot, Nīl.), per- formed many sacrifices, etc., and acquired enormous wealth; Śiva granted him the boon that his wealth, etc., should be inexhaustible. Then he left this world for heaven: VII, 58, 2209 ( Auśīnaraṃ ), 2210, 2214, 2216, 2222.—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 143, 5998 ( Ś°r Auśīnaro yathā ). —§ 632 b (Ṣoḍacarājop., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 932 ( Auśīnaraṃ ), 934 ( Auśīnaraḥ ).—§ 651 (Āpaddh.): XII, 143, 5461 ( °prabhṛtayo, rājan, rājānaḥ śaraṇāgatān | paripālya mahātmanaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṅ gatāḥ ).—§ 656 (Khaḍgot- pattik.): XII, 166 δ, 6199 (received the sword from the Yadus, from him it came to Pratardana).—§ 677 (Mokṣa- dharm.): XII, 235, 8593 ( Ś°r Auśīnaro 'ṅgāni sutañ ca priyam aurasaṃ brāhmaṇārtham upāhatya nākapṛṣṭham ito gataḥ, all. to §§ 466 and 467).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 61, 3093 (a sentence of his is quoted); 67, 3384 (all. to § 466).—§ 751 b (Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94 α, †4551, (4572). —§ 760 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115 γ, 5663 ( Auśīnareṇa, abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika).—§ 767 (do.): XIII, 137, 6248 ( C°r Auśīnaraḥ prāṇān priyasya tanayasya ca brāhmaṇārtham upākṛtya nākapṛṣṭham ito gataḥ, all. to § 467).—§ 786 b (Nakulākhyāna): XIV, 90, 2790 ( Auśīnaraḥ, all. to § 466). Cf. Auśīnara, Śaibya 8. [ ID=2598 ]
- Ushinara  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 200-1 ] Śibi 2 = Uśīnara: I, 448 (read nṛpaṃ with B., all. to Śyena- kapotīya). [ ID=2599 ]
- A king known for his munificence, son of Drishadvati and Ushinara.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 3-417 ] Śibi (I) — a son of Dṛṣadvatī and Uśīnara known for his munificence; Parīkṣit compared to him. Knew the yoga power of Hari; 1 father of Vṛṣādarbha and three other sons (ten sons- M. P. ); gave up life in service, and attained per- manent fame. 2 Śivapuram was his capital; 3 engaged in a Page3-418+ 27 sacrifice with Vasumat, Aṣṭaka and Pratardana when his grandfather Yayāti fell from heaven; 4 discoursed with Yayāti about other worlds; 5 went to heaven in a golden chariot; 6 gifts of, to attain heaven. 7 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 12. 20; II. 7. 45; Va. 99. 21-23.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 23. 3-4; VIII. 20. 7; X. 72. 21; Vi. IV. 18. 9-10; M. 48. 19-20.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. III. 74. 20-23.] [ Footnote: 4) M. 35. 5; 38. 22; 42. 28; 48. 18.] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. 42. 6-8.] [ Footnote: 6) Ib. 42. 14, 26.] [ Footnote: 7) Ib. 42. 19.] [ ID=14417 ]
- son of Ushinara, mentioned in the Baudhayana Srauta Sutra as a protege of Indra  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 2-380 ] Śibi, son of Uśīnara, is mentioned in the Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra 1 as a protégé of Indra, who sacrificed for him on the Varṣiṣṭhīya plain, and saved him from fear of foreign invasion. [ Footnote: 1) xxi. 18. Cf. Caland, Über das rituelle Sūtra des Baudhāyana, 28.] [ ID=3279 ]

### Śibi as a son of a specific figure (6 definitions)
- an epithet of a son of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a son of Indra, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=217015 ]
- a son of Manu Chakshusha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=217017 ]
- a son of Chakshusha Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-418 ] Śibi (II) — a son of Cākṣuṣa Manu. Bhā. IV. 13. 16. [ ID=14418 ]
- a son of Madri and Vrishni  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śibi (V) — a son of Mādrī and Vṛṣṇi. M. 45. 2. [ ID=14421 ]
- a son of Garga  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śibi (VI) — a son of Garga. M. 49. 37. [ ID=14422 ]
- a son of Kuru and Agneyi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śibi (VII) — a son of Kuru and Āgneyī. Vi. I. 13. 6. [ ID=14423 ]

### Śibi as a Daitya/Asura (3 definitions)
- name of a Daitya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Daitya (son of Saṃhrāda), Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=217018 ]
- An Asura, the fourth or fifth son of Hiranyakashipu, who incarnated as King Druma.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Śibi 3, an Asura. § 89 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2526 ( °Bāṣkalau, the fourth and fifth son of Hiraṇyakaśipu).—§ 130 (do.): I, 67, 2644 (incarnate as king Druma). [ ID=2600 ]
- a son of Prahlada  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śibi (IV) — a son of Prahlāda. M. 6. 9; 35. 5; 245. 31; Vi. I. 21. 1. [ ID=14420 ]

### Śibi as an Indra (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Indra in the fourth Manvantara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Indra in the fourth Manv-antara ( v.l. शिखिन् (śikhin) ), Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=217016 ]
- name of an Indra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Śibi 4, name of an Indra. § 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, 7304 (the third of the five Indras of old, who are born again as the Pāṇḍavas). [ ID=2601 ]
- the Indra of the epoch of Tamasa Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śibi (III) — the Indra of the epoch of Tāmasa Manu. Br. II. 36. 46; Vā. 62. 40; Vi. III. 1. 17. [ ID=14419 ]

### Other Kings/Princes named Śibi (2 definitions)
- a king of the Shibis  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a king of the Śibis, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=217019 ]
- a prince who sided with Yudhisthira  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Śibi 5, a prince who sided with Yudhiṣṭhira. § 589 (Droṇā- bhiṣekap.): VII, 8 θ, †248 (fights Droṇa).—§ 590 (do.): VII, 16 δ, 650 (do.).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 155, 6698, 6700 (slain by Droṇa). [ ID=2602 ]

### The Śibi People/Tribe/Janapada (2 definitions)
- a people descended from Shibi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( pl. ) a people descended from Śibi, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=217014 ]
- an ancient people  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Śibi, pl. ( °ayaḥ ), a people. § 285 (Nakula): II, 32, 1189 Page200-b+ 63 (vanquished by Nakula, in the west).—§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1870 (among the peoples who brought tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 411 (Śyenakapotīya): III, 131, 10582 ( rājyaṃ Ś°īnāṃ, the kingdom of Uśīnara).—§ 466 (Śibi): III, 197, †13287, †13291, †13296 (ruled by Śibi).—§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 266, †15602 ( °īnāṃ pravareṇa, i.e. Koṭikāsya); 267, 15621 (ruled by Jayadratha); 271, 15718, 15743 (the Ś° who followed Jayadratha were slain by Arjuna).—§ 556 e (Nakula): V, 23, 709 (had been vanquished by Nakula).—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 195 ε, 7609 (in the army of Duryodhana).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 18 δ, 688 (do.).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 51 σ, 2104 (do.).—§ 586 (do.): VI, 106 τ, 4809 (do., protect Bhīṣma).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 117 ρ, 5485 (attack Arjuna); 119 αα, 5648 (abandon Bhīṣma).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 7 ζ, 183.—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarāj., v. Rāma Jāmadagnya): VII, 66 β, 2437 (vanquished by Rāma Jāmadagnya).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 91 β, 3254 (had formerly been vanquished by Karṇa); 93 γ, 3339 (attack Arjuna); 150, 6526.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 157 ρ, 6948; 161 δδ, 7206.—§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 192 π, 8841.—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5 ζ, 127 (have been slain).—§ 605 (do.): VIII, 27 λλ, 1077.—§ 607 (do.): VIII, 45 ν, 2106 (described by Karṇa as stupid). [ ID=2603 ]

### Śibi as a Beast of Prey (or listed first among multiple meanings) (2 definitions)
- a beast of prey  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a beast of prey, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=217020 ]
- 1. A beast of prey. 2. The birch tree. 3. Name of a king.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 718-28 ] शिबि (śibi)( वि ) (śibi(vi)) m. 1. A beast of prey; 2. the birch tree; 3. name of a king. [ ID=37717 ]

### Śibi as a Plant/Tree Name (2 definitions)
- the birch tree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the birch tree (= भूर्ज (bhūrja) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=217021 ]
- Typha Angustifolia  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Typha Angustifolia, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=217022 ]

### Śibi as a Ṛṣi (2 definitions)
- Name of a Rishi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1072,1] शिबि (śibi) m. (also written शिवि (śivi) ) N. of a Ṛṣi (having the patr. Auśīnara and supposed author of Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 179 ), Anukramaṇikās (Literary category) [ ID=217012 ]
- the name of a Vedic Rishi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > शिबि (śibi) [Printed book page 1006-a ] शिबि (śibi) śibi, is, m., N. of a Vedic Ṛṣi (having the patronymic Auśīnara and author of Ṛg- veda X. 179, 1; cf. śivi ). [ ID=46699 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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