rathaprabhu namak ek agni ka ullekh hindoo pauranik granth mahabharat mean hua hai. 'vir', 'rathadhvan' tatha 'kumbhareta' ye inake namaantar se any nam haian.
'mahabharat van parv'[1] ke ullekhanusar, shanyu ke pahale putr bharadvaj ki pathni ka nam vira tha, jisane 'vir' namak putr ko sharir pradan kiya. brahmanoan ne som ki hi bhaanti vir ki bhi ajhy bhag se pooja batayi hai. inake liye ahuti dete samay manhtr ka upaanshu uchhcharan kiya jata hai. som devata ke sath inhhian ko dvitiy ajhy bhag prapht hota hai. inhhean ‘rathaprabhu’, ‘rathadhvan’ aur ‘kumbhareta’ bhi kahate haian.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 90 |