Laghu Prabandh Sangraha

SR No.: 009675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 309
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Literature, & History
File Size: 6 MB

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-one of the nine forms of Goddess Durga. 20.10.
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-Taksa ka, the chief of one of the twentysix
serpent-clans. When cighteen serpent-clans were burnt to ashes in the serpent-sacrifice of kiog Janamejaya, the great-grand-son of Arjuna, 1hc hero of the great Alahäbhärara war, Taksak a
wats saved by the sage called Astika. 22.8. -Tarām a 1ī, the queen of king Hariscandra of the Solar race whose truthfulness was put to a severe test by the sage Visvä mitra. This royal couple, along with their little prince Rohita, had to be sold off and suffer a lot for the sake of keeping a word. Tärāmati is regarded as one
of the tive cbastest wonien. 7.1. --the physician of the gods, who came out of the
occan with a cup of nectar in his hands at the close of the great churning of the ocean by the gods and the demons. The progenerator of the Indian
Science of Medicine. 22.9. -the grand-son of Arjuna, the Pandava hero,
and son of Abhimanyu and Uttara. He ascended the throne of Hastinapura, after Yudhisthira at the age of 36 years. The Kali Agc is said to have commenced with his reign. Though a pious king, he once placed a dead serpent on the neck of the sage Sainika who, being engrossed in meditation, dish not notice the king's arrival at liis hermitage. As a consequence of the curse of Samika's son Singi, Pariksit died of the bite of the serpent-chief Taksa ka when hc was 96 years old. 22.8. the twenty-third Tirthaukara of the Jain a s. References in the present text are to the idols of and temples consecrated in honour of Pårsva
nátha. 4.16; 22.4, 5, 7, 9-10, 11. -Sarasva t1, the goddess of learning. 30.14, 17.
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