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वृद्धक्षत्र (vRddhakSatra)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वृद्ध—क्षत्र
m.
N.
 of a man (See वार्द्धक्षत्रि).
Mahabharata
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Vṛddhakshatra^1, king of the Sindhus (Saindhavas), father of Jayadratha. § 587 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 115, 5362 (Jayadrathaṃ…Vºsya dāyādaṃ).--§ 590 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 14, 561 (ºsya dāyādaṃ, i.e. Jayadratha). --§ 599g (Jayadrathavadhap.): V. was the father of the Sindhu king Jayadratha, at whose birth an incorporeal voice said that he would become one of the foremost of kshatriyas, but in a battle some conspicuous kshatriya would cut off his head. The Sindhu king V. then summoned all his kinsmen and pronounced the curse, that he who would cause the head of Jayadratha to fall to the earth, the head of that man would crack into 100 pieces. Then he installed Jayadratha on the throne, and, repairing to the woods, devoted himself to ascetic austerities: VII, 146, 6258 (Saindhavasya pitā), 6266.--§ 599 (do.): VII, 146, 6269, 6277, 6280 (when Arjuna cut off the head of Jayadratha, Kṛshṇa caused it to fall on the lap of V.
thence it fell on the earth, and according to the curse the head of V. broke to pieces)
148, 6412 (nihataḥ…sahātmajaḥ). Cf. Bṛhatkshatra^3 (see additions), Saindhava, Sindhupati.--Do.^2, a Paurava prince: VII, 9330, 9400 (only B.), v. Bṛhatkshatra^4 (see additions).
पुराणम्
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वृद्धक्षत्र १ / VṚDDHAKṢATRA I. The father of jayadratha, the king of sindhu. (See under jayadratha I).
वृद्धक्षत्र २ / VṚDDHAKṢATRA II. A king born in the puru dynasty. He favoured the pāṇḍavas. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, droṇa parva, Chapter 200, Stanza 73, that in the bhārata battle, aśvatthāmā killed him.
वृद्धक्षत्र ३ / VṚDDHAKṢATRA III. A king of the vṛṣṇi dynasty. This king took the side of the pāṇḍavas in the bhārata battle and was killed by bālhīka. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 24, Stanza. 49).