शबर

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शबर पुं।

शबरः

समानार्थक:शबर

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निषादश्वपचावन्तेवासिचाण्डालपुक्कसाः। भेदाः किरातशबरपुलिन्दा म्लेच्छजातयः॥

सेवक : भिल्लग्रामः

पदार्थ-विभागः : , द्रव्यम्, पृथ्वी, चलसजीवः, मनुष्यः

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शबर mfn. - (also written शवर; See. शबलbelow) variegated , brindled L.

शबर mfn. relating or belonging to a शबर(prob. for शाबर) MBh.

शबर m. N. of a wild mountaineer tribe in the Deccan (in later language applied to any savage or barbarian = किरात, पुलिन्द, भिल्ल; accord. to L. " the son of a शूद्रand a भिल्ली") AitBr. MBh. etc.

शबर m. a kind of लोध्रor Lodh tree L. (See. comp. )

शबर m. N. of शिवL.

शबर m. (with काषिवत)N. of the author of RV. x , 169 Anukr.

शबर m. of a poet Cat.

शबर m. of a Buddhist ib.

शबर m. = शबर-स्वामिन्(in शबर-भाष्यSee. )

शबर m. = हस्तand शास्त्र-विशेषL.

शबर n. water L. (prob. w.r. for शम्बर).

Purana index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

--an अमिताभ god. Br. II. ३६. ५४.

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Śabara  : m. (pl.): Name of a forest tribe.


A. Location:

(1) Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; aṭavī śabarāś caiva 6. 10. 46 (Are Aṭavīśabaras living in the north different from the other Śabaras who lived in the south ? see the next);

(2) Śabaras who lived in the south (dakṣiṇāpathajanmānaḥ) 12. 200. 39 (these are, however, not listed by Saṁjaya among the southern Janapadas of the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 56-63ab).


B. Origin:

(1) Angered Nandinī, the cow of Vasiṣṭha, created Śabaras from her dung (asṛjat… śakṛtaḥ śabarān…krodhamūrcchitā) 1. 165. 35; this event is said to have occurred also on a different occasion; when Viśvāmitra's army destroyed the forest near Vasiṣṭha's āśrama, he angered, asked his cow to produce Śabaras; accordingly she produced them (kruddho…vasiṣṭhaḥ…/ sṛjasva śabarān ghorān iti svāṁ gām uvāca ha) 9. 39. 20;

(2) Some Kṣatriyas are also said to have been degraded to the state of a vṛṣala due to their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (śabarabarbarāḥ//…tās tāḥ kṣatriyajātayaḥ/vṛṣalatvam anuprāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//) 13. 35. 17-18; elsewhere it is stated that the Kṣatriyas who killed Jamadagni became vṛṣala due to their transgressing the dharma of Kṣatriyas and their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (teṣāṁ (i. e. kṣatriyāṇām) …prajā vṛṣalatāṁ prāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//ta ete…puṇḍrāś ca śabaraiḥ saha/vṛṣalatvaṁ parigatā vyutthānāt kṣatradharmataḥ//) 14. 29. 15-16;

(3) But at one place it is mentioned that Śabaras and others existed since the Tretāyuga (tretāprabhṛti vartante te janā… (i. e. Śabaras and others) 12. 200. 39, 42.


C. Description: Fierce, fierce to look at (ghora, ghoradarśana) 9. 39. 20-21.


D. Their low status: They are characterized as dasyus 12. 65. 17, 21; also cf.


F. Past events (2) below; those men who did not perform sacrifices remained for ever in the nether worlds and did not go to heaven; such men are compared with Pulindas and Śabaras (arvāk ca pratitiṣṭhanti pulīndaśabarā iva/na hy ayajñā amuṁ lokaṁ prāpnuvanti kathaṁcana) 12. 147. 8; they are included among those people who, though they lived in countries, led the life of dasyus (śabarabarbarāḥ/… sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ/sarve te dasyujīvinaḥ//) 12. 65. 13, 15; they did not believe in Bhūtapati as the adhyakṣa (of the world); sinful, they roamed over the earth leading the life of dogs, crows, balas (?) and vultures (niradhyakṣāṁs tu kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi…/utsāḥ pulindāḥ śabarā…//ete pāpakṛtas tāta caranti pṛthivīm imām/ śvakākabalagṛdhrāṇāṁ sadharmāṇo…//) 12. 200. 38-39, 41.


E. Epic events:

(1) On the second day of the war, Śabaras on the side of Pāṇḍavas stood on the left side of the Krauñcāruṇavyūha (6. 46. 39; Krauñca 6. 47. 1) of Pāṇḍavas (vāmaṁ pārśvaṁ samāśritāḥ) 6. 46. 51;

(2) On the fourteenth day, Sātyaki killed thousands of Śabaras (on the side of Kauravas); he covered the ground with their flesh and blood, and also with their shaven heads and head gears (saśirastrāṇaiḥ śirobhir lūnamūrdhajaiḥ) 7. 95. 38-40.


F. Past event:

(1) King Māndhātṛ once asked Indra the nature of the dharma of people like Śabaras and how kings like him should govern them (kathaṁ dharmaṁ careyus te…madvidhaiś ca kathaṁ sthāpyāḥ) 12. 65. 13-15; thereupon Indra told him the duties of Dasyus (the term apparently covers Śabaras) 12. 65. 17-21;

(2) A certain Brāhmaṇa, Gautama by name, took residence in the house of a Dasyu which is later designated as the excellent house (gṛhavara) of a rich, Śabara (śabarālaya) 12. 162. 30, 34; 12. 165. 5; 12. 167. 16 (see Dasyu, Past events I, no. 7, p. 750 above).


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Śabara  : m. (pl.): Name of a forest tribe.


A. Location:

(1) Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; aṭavī śabarāś caiva 6. 10. 46 (Are Aṭavīśabaras living in the north different from the other Śabaras who lived in the south ? see the next);

(2) Śabaras who lived in the south (dakṣiṇāpathajanmānaḥ) 12. 200. 39 (these are, however, not listed by Saṁjaya among the southern Janapadas of the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 56-63ab).


B. Origin:

(1) Angered Nandinī, the cow of Vasiṣṭha, created Śabaras from her dung (asṛjat… śakṛtaḥ śabarān…krodhamūrcchitā) 1. 165. 35; this event is said to have occurred also on a different occasion; when Viśvāmitra's army destroyed the forest near Vasiṣṭha's āśrama, he angered, asked his cow to produce Śabaras; accordingly she produced them (kruddho…vasiṣṭhaḥ…/ sṛjasva śabarān ghorān iti svāṁ gām uvāca ha) 9. 39. 20;

(2) Some Kṣatriyas are also said to have been degraded to the state of a vṛṣala due to their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (śabarabarbarāḥ//…tās tāḥ kṣatriyajātayaḥ/vṛṣalatvam anuprāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//) 13. 35. 17-18; elsewhere it is stated that the Kṣatriyas who killed Jamadagni became vṛṣala due to their transgressing the dharma of Kṣatriyas and their disregard of Brāhmaṇas (teṣāṁ (i. e. kṣatriyāṇām) …prajā vṛṣalatāṁ prāptā brāhmaṇānām adarśanāt//ta ete…puṇḍrāś ca śabaraiḥ saha/vṛṣalatvaṁ parigatā vyutthānāt kṣatradharmataḥ//) 14. 29. 15-16;

(3) But at one place it is mentioned that Śabaras and others existed since the Tretāyuga (tretāprabhṛti vartante te janā… (i. e. Śabaras and others) 12. 200. 39, 42.


C. Description: Fierce, fierce to look at (ghora, ghoradarśana) 9. 39. 20-21.


D. Their low status: They are characterized as dasyus 12. 65. 17, 21; also cf.


F. Past events (2) below; those men who did not perform sacrifices remained for ever in the nether worlds and did not go to heaven; such men are compared with Pulindas and Śabaras (arvāk ca pratitiṣṭhanti pulīndaśabarā iva/na hy ayajñā amuṁ lokaṁ prāpnuvanti kathaṁcana) 12. 147. 8; they are included among those people who, though they lived in countries, led the life of dasyus (śabarabarbarāḥ/… sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ/sarve te dasyujīvinaḥ//) 12. 65. 13, 15; they did not believe in Bhūtapati as the adhyakṣa (of the world); sinful, they roamed over the earth leading the life of dogs, crows, balas (?) and vultures (niradhyakṣāṁs tu kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi…/utsāḥ pulindāḥ śabarā…//ete pāpakṛtas tāta caranti pṛthivīm imām/ śvakākabalagṛdhrāṇāṁ sadharmāṇo…//) 12. 200. 38-39, 41.


E. Epic events:

(1) On the second day of the war, Śabaras on the side of Pāṇḍavas stood on the left side of the Krauñcāruṇavyūha (6. 46. 39; Krauñca 6. 47. 1) of Pāṇḍavas (vāmaṁ pārśvaṁ samāśritāḥ) 6. 46. 51;

(2) On the fourteenth day, Sātyaki killed thousands of Śabaras (on the side of Kauravas); he covered the ground with their flesh and blood, and also with their shaven heads and head gears (saśirastrāṇaiḥ śirobhir lūnamūrdhajaiḥ) 7. 95. 38-40.


F. Past event:

(1) King Māndhātṛ once asked Indra the nature of the dharma of people like Śabaras and how kings like him should govern them (kathaṁ dharmaṁ careyus te…madvidhaiś ca kathaṁ sthāpyāḥ) 12. 65. 13-15; thereupon Indra told him the duties of Dasyus (the term apparently covers Śabaras) 12. 65. 17-21;

(2) A certain Brāhmaṇa, Gautama by name, took residence in the house of a Dasyu which is later designated as the excellent house (gṛhavara) of a rich, Śabara (śabarālaya) 12. 162. 30, 34; 12. 165. 5; 12. 167. 16 (see Dasyu, Past events I, no. 7, p. 750 above).


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