Dhritarashtra, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Dhrita-rashtra, Dhṛtarāṣṭrā: 26 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Dhṛtarāṣṭrā can be transliterated into English as Dhrtarastra or Dhritarashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र):—(dhṛta + rā)
1) adj. dessen Reich besteht, dauert; m. ein guter König [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 261.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 273.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Schlangenwesens (Nāga), Dhṛ. Airāvata [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 10, 29.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 25, 15, 3. -] [Mahābhārata 1, 1558. 2155. 4, 44. 5, 3631. 16, 119.] [Harivaṃśa 229. 376.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1311.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) eines Devagandharva [Mahābhārata 1, 2550. 4811.] identificirt mit dem u. d aufgeführten Könige [15, 850.] Bei den Buddhisten ein König der Gandharva und einer der [4] Mahārāja [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 88.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 208. 288. 359.] [Burnouf 168.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 3.] — c) eines Sohnes des Daitya Bali [Harivaṃśa 190.] — d) eines Königs von Kāśī [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 5, 4, 22.] vaicitravīrya [Kāṭhaka-Recension] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 469. fg.] Nach dem Epos ein Sohn Vyāsa’s von der Frau des Vikitravīrya, blindgeborener Bruder des Pāṇḍu und Vidura, Gemahl der Gāndhārī und Vater von [100] Söhnen, deren ältester Duryodhana war. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 13.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 633.] [Anhang XXV.] [Mahābhārata 1, 95. 2213. 2441. 2446. 3808. 4286. 4374. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 1826. fg. 3010. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 459.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 24.] [Colebrooke I, 121.] identificirt mit Dhṛtar., einem Fürsten der Gandharva, [Mahābhārata 15, 850.] mit Haṃsa, gleichfalls einem Fürsten der Gandharva, [1, 2719.] pl. die Söhne Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s [2, 334.] — e) eines Sohnes des Janamejaya [Mahābhārata 1, 3745. 3747.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, Anhang XXIV.] —
3) m. ein best. Vogel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. 4 und [Mahābhārata 1, 2719], wo ein Gandharva- Fürst Haṃsa dem König Dhṛtarāṣṭra gleichgesetzt wird. —
4) f. ī Nomen proprium einer Tochter der Tāmrā und Mutter der Gänse und anderer Wasservögel [Mahābhārata 1, 2620. 2622.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 20, 18. 20.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 149,] [Nalopākhyāna 13.] = haṃsapatnī [Medinīkoṣa] = haṃsapadī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — Vgl. dhārtarāṣṭra, dhārtarāṣṭri .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र):——
1) m. — a) *ein Fürst , dessen Reich von Dauer ist. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Schlangendämons. — β) eines Devagandharva. — γ) eines Sohnes des Daitya Bali. — δ) eines Fürsten der Kāśi. — ε) eines blindgeborenen Sohnes des Vyāsa und ältern Bruder des Pāṇḍu. Pl. seine Söhne (100 an Zahl). — ζ) eines Sohnes des Janamejaya. — c) *ein best. Vogel. —
2) f. dhūtarāṣṭrī Nomen proprium einer Tochter der Tāmrā und Urmutter der Gänse und anderer Vögel.
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