ཕུར་བུ་གསུམ་པ་

ཕུར་བུ་གསུམ་པ། (Wyl. phur bu gsum pa ) Pron.: purbu sumpa

• Skt. त्रिशङ्कुः, triśaṅku, Pron.: trishanku. From Sanskrit: N. of a sage | of a king of Ayodhyā (aspiring to ascend to heaven in his mortal body, he first requested Vasishṭha to perform a great sacrifice for him | on Vasishṭha's refusing he applied to Vasishṭha's hundred sons, who cursed and degraded him to the rank of a Caṇḍāla [hence called a Caṇḍāla king | a cat | the civet-cat | a grasshopper | a fire-fly | N. of a mythical mountain | N. of a mythical river | N. of thorns [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW