त्रिशङ्कुtriśaṅkum. N. of a sage TUp. i, 10
- masculine gender Name of a sage TUp. i, 10
- masculine gender of a king of Ayodhya1 अयोध्या (aspiring to ascend to heaven in his mortal body, he first requested Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ to perform a great sacrifice for him; on Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's refusing he applied to Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's hundred sons, who cursed and degraded him to the rank of a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल [hence called a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल king DivyA7v. xxxiii]; Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र then undertook the sacrifice for him and invited all the gods, who declined to come and thereby so enraged the sage that, by his own power, he transported T Tris3an3ku त्रिशङ्कु to heaven; on his being hurled down again head foremost by the gods, he was arrested in his course by Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र and remained suspended in the sky, forming the southern cross constellation R. i, 57 (59 G) ff. [son of Pr2ithu पृथु]; Hariv. 730 ff. and VP. iv, 3, 13 feminine [son of Trayya1run2a त्रय्यारुण]; [son of Tri-bandhana त्रि-बन्धन] BhP. ix, 7) MBh. i, xiii etc.
- masculine gender a cat Lexicographers
- masculine gender the civet-cat Npr.
- masculine gender a grasshopper Lexicographers
- masculine gender a fire-fly Lexicographers
- masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedङ्ख Lexicographers
- masculine gender Name of a mythical mountain DivyA7v. viii, 293 ff.
- feminine Name of a mythical river 223 and 295
- feminine (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकुका) 298
- masculine gender plural Name of thorns 293
Source: Monier-Williams
