पृथु a. (-थु or -थ्वी f., compar. प्रथीयस्, superl. प्रथिष्ठ) [प्रथ्-कु संप्र˚ Uṇ.1.28] 1 Broad, wide, spacious, expansive; पृथुनितम्ब q. v. below; सिन्धोः पृथुमपि तनुम् Me.48. -2 Copious, abundant, ample; अव्युच्छिन्नपृथु- प्रवृत्ति भवतो दानं ममाप्यर्थिषु V.4.47. -3 Large, great; दृशः पृथुतरीकृताः Ratn.2.15; अरोधि पन्थाः पृथुदन्तशालिना Śi. 12.48; R.11.25. -4 Detailed, prolix. -5 Numerous. -6 Smart, sharp, clever. -7 Important. -6 Various. -थुः 1 N. of fire or Agni. -2 N. of Viṣṇu. -3 Of
Mahādeva. -4 N. of a king. [Pṛithu was the son of Vena, son of Anga. He was called the first king, from whom the earth received her name Pṛithvī. The Viṣṇu Purāṇa relates that when Vena who was wicked by nature and prohibited worship and sacrifice, was beaten to death by the pious sages, and when consequently robbery and anarchy prevailed in the absence of a King, the Munis rubbed the right arm of the dead king to produce a son, and from it sprang the majestic Pṛithu, glowing like Agni. He was immediately declared King, and his subjects who had suffered from famine, besought the monarch for the edible fruits and plants which the earth withheld from them. In anger Pṛithu took up his bow to compel her to yield the supply so much needed by his subjects. She assumed the form of a cow and began to flee chased by the King. But she at last yielded and requested him to spare her life, and at the same time promised to restore all the needed fruits, plants &c., 'if a calf were given to her through which she might be able to secrete milk.' Pṛithu thereupon made Svāyambhuva Manu the calf; milked the earth, and received the milk into his own hand, from which proceeded all kinds of corn, vegetables, fruits &c., for the maintenance of his subjects. The example or Pṛithu was afterwards followed by a variety of milkers-gods, men, Ṛiṣis, mountains, Nāgas, Asuras &c., who found out the proper milkman and calf from their own number, and milked the earth of whatever they wanted; cf. Ku.1.2.] -थु f. Opium. -Comp. -उदर a. big-bellied, corpulent. (-रः) a ram. -कीर्ति a. far-famed. -जघन, -नितम्ब a. having large or broad hips or slopes; पृथुनितम्ब नितम्बवती तव V.4.26. -दर्शिन् a. far-sighted. -पत्रः, -त्रम् red garlic. -प्रथ, -यशस् a. far-famed, widely renowned. -बीजकः lentils. -रोमन् m. a fish. ˚युग्म the sign Pisces of the zodiac. -शेखरः a mountain. -श्री a. highly prosperous. -श्रोणि a. having large hips. -संपद् a. rich, wealthy. -स्कन्धः a hog.
a. (v-&isharp; & in C. u) broad, wide, spacious, large, great; copious; far-extending; abundant, extensive, manifold, numerous; detailed; m. a measure of length (= pritha); N.
m. n. half-ripe, flattened rice; m. boy; young of an animal; -ku- ka½utpîdam, abs. pressing to her full bosom; -kâru½añkita½îkshana, a. having wide, beau tiful, and curved eyes; -gaghana,a. having broad hips; -tara, cpv. very great or con siderable; -tarî-kri, open (the eyes) wider; -tâ, f., -tva, n. largeness, greatness, wideness; -damshtra, a. having large incisors; -datta, m. N. of a frog; -darsin, a. far-seeing (fig.); -dhâra, a. broad-edged; -pársu, a. having broad (curved) swords; (ú)-pâni, a. broad-handed (Savitri); -pratha, a. far-famed; -protha, a. having wide nostrils (horse); -bâhu, a. thick-armed; -yasas, a. far-famed.
a. broad-chested; -vyamsa, a. broad-shouldered; (ú)-siras, a. broador flat-headed; -srávas, a. far-famed; m. N.; -srî, a. of great prosperity, extremely fortunate; -sron&ibrevcirc;,a. f. broad-hipped; -sam pad, a. extremely wealthy.
See Prthi. Ludwig also finds a mention of the Pṛthus as a tribe, allied with the Parśus, in one passage of the Rigveda as opponents of the Tftsu Bharatas. But this interpretation is certainly incorrect. See Parśu.
(‘Far-famed’) is mentioned in connexion with Vaśa in two hymns of the Rigveda. In the second passage the generosity of Pṛthuśravas Kānīta to Vaśa Aśvya is celebrated, and the śānkhāyana śrauta Sūtra refers to the episode.
noun (masculine) a particular measure of length (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a descendant of Ikṣvāku (son of Anaraṇya and father of Triśaṅku) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Anenas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Citraratha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of one of the Manus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Para (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Prastāra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Purujānu
name of a son of Rucaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Vaṭśvara (father of Viśākhadatta) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Veṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vṛṣṇi and son of Citraka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the Saptarshis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the Viśve Devās (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective abundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
broad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clever (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
detailed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dexterous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extensive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
large (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
numerous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prolix (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
smart (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a boy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the young of any animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] a class of gods Frequency rank 29077/72933
noun (masculine neuter) rice or grain flattened (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rice scalded with hot water and then dried over a fire and ground in a mortar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective broader (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
greater (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
larger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wider (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) breadth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
greatness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
largeness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
width (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a son of Varāhamihira (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śaśabindu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a being attendant upon Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of the 9th Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śaśabindu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the elephant of the north quarter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a prince belonging to the Vṛṣṇis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Citraka and younger brother of Pṛthu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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