Whose name is this? - Page 20

Ṛśya = antelope. Ārśya = of antelope.

Ārśyaśṛṅgi = of Ṛśyaśṛṅga.

Rakshasa Alambusha, son of Rishyashringa. He killed Iravat using his Maya.

Correct! Alambusa the Rākṣasa is called Ārśyaśṛṅgi. He is killed by Ghaṭotkaca.

The name implies that Alambusa's father was someone named Ṛśyaśṛṅga. I have not found a story in which Ṛśyaśṛṅga the hermit had a Rākṣasa son, but there are at least four different versions of Ṛśyaśṛṅga's seduction: by the daughter of an old courtesan (Mahābhārata); by a group of courtesans (Rāmāyaṇa); by the Apsaras Alambusā (Alambusā-Jātaka); by the princess Naḷinikā (Naḷinikā-Jātaka). I speculate that there was a version in which Alambusā was cursed to give birth to a Rākṣasa after seducing Ṛśyaśṛṅga.

Another character named Alambusa belongs to a royal dynasty, and is killed by Yuyudhāna. At two places in Śalyaparvan, Alambusa and Ārśyaśṛṅgi are distinguished from each other, probably to acknowledge that there were two Alambusas.

63. Who was known as Vāsavī (long ī)?

64. Who was known as Vāsavi (short i)?

Yes, they have recounted the story about courtesan's daughter, I was reading it before you asked the question about Arshyashringi. The hilarious part was, I read first the paragraph where he recounts his encounter with the girl but since he has never seen a woman, he narrates as if he met a man.😆 i was so confused. Then I read the part above it where the narrator recounts their meeting. I was more confused. But I read it properly again and realised its because he has never seen a woman before.

Also, he marries King's daughter Shanta.

The one with short I, Vasavi is definitely Arjuna.

Yes, Vāsavi = Arjuna, but please explain why.

Originally posted by: devashree_h

Yes, they have recounted the story about courtesan's daughter, I was reading it before you asked the question about Arshyashringi. The hilarious part was, I read first the paragraph where he recounts his encounter with the girl but since he has never seen a woman, he narrates as if he met a man.😆 i was so confused. Then I read the part above it where the narrator recounts their meeting. I was more confused. But I read it properly again and realised its because he has never seen a woman before.

Also, he marries King's daughter Shanta.

Ṛśyaśṛṅga's description of his brahmacārī visitor, including dvau c'āsya piṇḍāv adhareṇa kaṇṭham ajāta-romau sumanoharau ca - and he had two mounds below the neck, where hair didn't grow, and very attractive, is funny, but when his father asks him, "homadhenuḥ kaccit savatsā ca kṛtā tvayā'dya" And did you show the milk-yielding cow her calf yet? the attentive listener/reader should say, "Wait! This boy is used to words with the feminine gender. He squeezes teats every day. He probably knows how the cow got her calf. Surely he would know right away that the dimorphism between him and his visitor is sex-based!"

Because he is son of Vasava, another name of Indra. I could not find anything related to Vasavī though.

I am as idle as ever. Writing fan fiction, discussing Rāmāyaṇa Kathā, waiting for an answer to:

63. Who was known as Vāsavī (long ī)?

I haven't quite run out of questions, so here's another:

65. Who was addressed as Bhārata?