Bheruṇḍa
Bheruṇḍa
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a kind of bird.
Meaning: a kind of bird; the bird Ciñcika of the Gautamī was of this kind, with two beaks.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Purāṇa, Brahmā tells Nārada of Ciñcikātīrtha, which destroys all ailments, dispels all worries and brings peace to all. On the white mountain on the northern bank of the Gaṅgā, where Gadādhara dwells, there lived a lord of birds of the kind called Bheruṇḍa, named Ciñcika, who ate meat. King Pavamāna of the eastern land, resting under a tree on the bank of the Gautamī, saw him: a stout bird with two beaks, splendid in form, tired and troubled. Asked who he was, Ciñcika said that though no one feared him and he feared no one, he found no happiness, no sleep, no rest and no peace, and he told the king of the pāpa of his former birth as a brāhmaṇa fond of quarrels (Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 94).
Related terms: Pakshī · Ciñcika · Ciñcikātīrtha
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 94