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विदुला (vidulA)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
विदुला - vidulA -
f.
 - species of spurge [ Euphorbia - Bot. ]
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विदुला
f.
 a species of Euphorbia,
Bhpr.
N.
 of a woman,
MBh.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 विदुला
noun
एका महिला ।
"महाभारते विदुलायाः वर्णनम् अस्ति"
Mahabharata
English
Vidulā, a princess, mother of Sañjaya, the Sauvīra king. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 509 (ºāyāś ca putrasya proktaṃ cāpy anuśāsanaṃ, i.e. Vidulāputraśāsana).--§ 568 (Vidulāputraśāsana): V, 133, 4494 (ºāyāś ca saṃvādaṃ putrasya ca), 4496, 4497, (4498)
134, (4539) (the story of V.'s instruction of her son, which Kuntī asked Kṛshṇa to tell Yudhishṭhira). --§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 16, 461 (ºāyā vacobhiḥ, all. to § 568)
17, 487 (ºvākyaiḥ, do.), 491 (do.).
पुराणम्
English
विदुला / VIDULĀ. A heroic kṣatriya woman of india. In mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, there is a story, how this vidulā sent her son, who had fled from the battle-field because of fear, back to the battlefield again.
The pāṇḍavas, who had completed forest-life and Pseudonymity successfully and returned to hastināpura were again deceived and put to shame. Śrī Kṛṣṇa's argument as a mediator was not successful, in the palace of the kauravas. śrī kṛṣṇa came away from the palace of duryodhana and entered the house of vidura and visited kuntī. śrī kṛṣṇa asked her opinion on the idea of waging a war against the kauravas. It is not meet and right on the part of a heroic mother to welcome a son who comes home being defeated in battle. To substantiate this point, she told śrī kṛṣṇa the story of vidulā, as given below.
vidulā was a brave woman, who lived in ancient india. Her son sañjaya fought with the King of sindhu and was defeated. When he came home vidulā did not receive him. She emboldened him by saying that she would be more proud of a son, who had sacrificed his life, in the battlefield than one who returned home defeated. All his arguments which were excuses for his cowardice, were refuted by his mother. At last sañjaya engaged again in a battle with the King of sindhu.
On hearing this story told by kuntī śrī kṛṣṇa became immensely pleased. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, 3 Chapters from 134).