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इरावान् (irAvAn)

 
E Bharati Sampat Sanskrit

(

पुं

)(

इरावत्

)

इरा+मतुप्

मस्य

वः।

१.समुद्रः।

२.मेघः।

३.उलूप्याम्

अर्जुनात्

जातः

इरावान्

इरावन्तः।

‘अर्जुनस्यात्मजः

श्रीमतिरावान्नाम

वीर्यवान्

स्नुषायां

नागराजस्य

जातः

पार्थेन

धीमता’

भा०भी०।

Wordnet Sanskrit

Synonyms

नृपः,

नृपतिः,

राजा,

भूपतिः,

भूपः,

भूपालः,

महीपतिः,

पार्थिवः,

पार्थः,

पृथिवीपतिः,

पृथिवीपालः,

भूमिपः,

भूमिपतिः,

महीक्षित्,

महीपः,

महीपालः,

क्षितिपः,

क्षितिपतिः,

क्षितिपालः,

पृथिवीक्षित्,

नरेश्वरः,

नराधिपः,

नरेशः,

नरेन्द्रः,

प्रजेश्वरः,

प्रजापः,

प्रजापतिः,

जगतीपतिः,

अवनीश्वरः,

जगतीपालः,

जगत्पतिः,

अवनीपतिः,

अवनीपालः,

अवनीशः,

क्षितीक्षः,

क्षितीश्वरः,

पृथिवीशकः,

भूमिभृत्,

क्षितिभृत्,

भूभृत्,

क्ष्माभृत्,

क्ष्मापः,

वसुधाधिपः,

अधिपः,

अधिपतिः,

नायकाधिपः,

महीभुक्,

जगतीभुक्,

क्ष्माभुक्,

भूभुक्,

स्वामी,

प्रभुः,

भगवान्,

छत्रपः,

छत्रपतिः,

राज्यभाक्,

लोकपालः,

लोकेशः,

लोकेश्वरः,

लोकनाथः,

नरदेवः,

राट्,

इरावान्

(Noun)

राष्ट्रस्य

जातेः

वा

प्रधानशासकः।

"त्रेतायुगे

श्रीरामः

अयोध्यायाः

नृपः

आसीत्।"

Purana English

इरावान्

/

IRĀVĀN.

A

son

born

to

arjuna

of

the

serpent

damsel

(

Nāgakanyā

)

named

ulūpī.

(

For

genealogy

see

under

arjuna

).1

)

Birth.

According

to

the

practice

laid

down

pāñcālī

used

to

live

with

each

husband

for

one

year

by

turn.

When

she

was

living

with

one

husband

the

other

four

husbands

had

no

admission

there.

When

once

arjuna

wanted

his

arms

to

redeem

the

cows

of

a

brahmin

stolen

by

thieves

he

entered

the

apartment

of

dharmaputra

where

the

arms

had

been

kept

and

took

them.

For

thus

having

entered,

against

rules,

the

apartment

then

kept

by

dharmaputra

and

pāñcālī,

arjuna

had

to

go

on

a

pilgrimage

for

one

year.

Numerous

brahmins

accompanied

arjuna

and

while

spending

the

night

on

the

banks

of

the

gaṅgā,

arjuna

entered

its

waters

for

bathing.

There

he

saw

the

nāga

damsel,

ulūpī.

They

fell

in

love

with

each

other

and

got

married.

And,

a

son

named

irāvān

was

born

to

them.

ulūpī

granted

arjuna

the

boon

that

all

water-animals

would

obey

him

and

that

in

water

he

would

be

invincible.

Leaving

ulūpī

and

irāvān

behind,

arjuna

continued

his

stay

in

the

forest.2

)

Further

Information.

(

1

)

In

the

great

war

irāvān

fought

on

the

side

of

the

pāṇḍavas.

During

the

first

day's

fighting

irāvān

and

Śrutāyu

fought

a

duel.

(

M.B.

bhīṣma

parva,

Chapter

45,

Verses

69-71

).(

2

)

irāvān

defeated

vinda

and

anuvinda

in

fight.

(

bhīṣma

parva,

Chapter

83,

Verses

18-22

).(

3

)

irāvān

killed

five

brothers

of

śakuni.

(

bhīṣma

Parva,

Chapter

90,

Verses

27-46

).(

4

)

irāvān

fought

against

alambuṣa

and

was

killed

by

the

latter.

(

bhīṣma

parva,

Chapter

90,

Verses

5676

).