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गिरिव्रज (girivraja)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
गिरिव्रज girivraja
m.
 mountain-fenced name of the capital of magadha
गिरिव्रज girivraja
m.
 mountain-fenced name of the capital of magadha
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गिरि—व्रज
m.
 ‘mountain-fenced’
N.
 of the capital of Magadha,
MBh.
Hariv.
 6598
R.
 i, ii
VarBṛS.
Benfey
English
गिरिव्रज गिरिव्रज,
m.
 The name
of the capital of Magadha, Rām.
1, 34, 7.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
गिरिव्रजम्
नपुं*
 गिरि-व्रजम् -
मगध मे विद्यमान एक नगर का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
गिरिव्रज
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಜರಾಸಂಧನ ನಗರ /ಮಗಧ ದೇಶದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > गिरीणां व्रजो यत्र
L R Vaidya
English
giri-vraja {% n. %} name of a city in the Magadhas.
Mahabharata
English
Girivraja, the capital of the Māgadhas. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 409.--§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 627 (Jarāsandha confined the defeated kings in his capital G.).--§ 275 (do.): II, 19, 762 (from G. Jarāsandha threw a mace against Mathurā).--§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 21, 800 (protected by five mountains), 810
24, 937, 951 (Kṛshṇa, Arjuna, and Bhīma came to G., Bhīma slew Jarāsandha, and the confined kings were liberated).--§ 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1091 (at G. Bhīma vanquished the son of Jarāsandha). --§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 4, 120 (?ºgatāś cāpi Nagnajitpramukhā nṛpāḥ, vanquished by Karṇa).--§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12961 (the capital of Jarāsandha). --§ 723 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 6, 333 (there Dhundhumāra fell asleep). Cf. Rājagṛha.
पुराणम्
English
गिरिव्रज / GIRIVRAJA. A city which has gained great importance in all the Purāṇas of india.1) Origin. There was once a King named kuśa in the pūru dynasty. (For genealogy see under ‘Gādhi’). This kuśa begot of his wife, vaidarbhī, four sons named kuśāmba, kuśanābha, asūrtarajasa and vasu. Each of them built a city of his own and started his rule there. girivraja is the magnificent city built by vasu. (sarga 32, Bāla Kāṇḍa, vālmīki rāmāyaṇa).2) Jarāsandha's rule. vasu had a son named Bṛhaḍratha and jarāsandha was the son of bṛhadratha. During the rule of jarāsandha girivraja became glorious like Nandanodyāna. This city lying in the midst of five mountains was the seat of prosperity then. (Chapter 21, Sabhā Parva). jarāsandha kept many mighty kings of his time, as prisoners in this city. Unable to control his wrath against kṛṣṇa once he hurled his mace a hundred times and threw it from girivraja to mathurā. śrī kṛṣṇa, Bhīmasena and arjuna entered girivraja in disguise and engaging jarāsandha in a duel killed him and crowned his son as King. (Chapter 24, Sabhā Parva). Once King Duṁdhumāra abandoning the gifts offered by the devas came and slept in girivraja. (Śloka 39, Chapter 6, anuśāsana parva).
राजगृह / RĀJAGṚHA (girivraja). An ancient city in india, capital of magadha. dīrgha King of girivraja was killed by King pāṇḍu. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 112, Verse 27) Another King, ambuvīca, had for a time ruled over the city. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 203, Verse 17). Afterwards jarāsandha became its King. girivraja is a holy place as well. He who bathes here will become as pleasantlooking as King kakṣīvān. (Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 104).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
गिरिव्रज
न०
 गिरीणां पञ्चानां व्रजो यत्र । मगधदेशान्त-र्गते जरासन्धपुर “सोऽभिजनोऽस्य अण् । गैरिव्रजतद्देशवासिनि
त्रि०
 बहुषु तस्य लुक् । “गिरिव्रजाः मगध-पुण्ड्रमिथिलाश्च” वृ० स० १० अ० ।गिरिव्रजवर्णनं भा० स० २१ अ० । यथा“एष पार्थ! महान् भाति पशुमान्नित्यमम्बुमान् ।निरामयः सुवेश्माढ्यो निवेशो मागधः शुभः । वैहा-रो १ विपुलः शैलो वराहः २ वृषभ ३ स्तथा । तथाऋषिगिरि ४ स्तात! शुभश्चैत्यक ५ पञ्चमाः । एते पञ्च महा-शृङ्गाः पर्वताः शीतलद्रुमाः । रक्षन्तीवाभिसंहत्य संह-ताङ्गा गिरिव्रजम्” इत्युपक्रमे ।“अङ्गवङ्गादयश्चेव राजानः सुमहाबलाः ।गौतमक्षयमभ्येत्य रमन्ते स्म पुरार्ज्जुन! । वनराजीस्तुपश्येमाः पिप्पलानां मनोरमाः । लोध्राणाञ्च शुभाःपार्थ! गौतमौकःसमीपजाः । अर्व्वुदः शक्रवापीच पन्नगौ शत्रुतापनौ । स्वस्तिकस्यालयश्चात्न मणि-नागस्य चोत्तमः । अपरिहार्य्या मेघाना मागधामनुना कृताः । कौशिको मणिमांश्चैव चक्राते चाप्यनु-ग्रहम् । एवं प्राप्य पुर रम्य दुराधर्षं समन्ततः ।अर्थसिद्धिं त्वनुपमां जरासन्धोऽभिमन्यते” ।