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देवावृध (devAvRdha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
देवा-वृध
m.
N.
 of a prince who was father of Babhru (cf. दैवा-व्°),
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
 (v.l. -वृद्ध)
of a mountain (See -वृध्).
Mahabharata
English
Devāvṛdha, a prince. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 228 (in Sañjaya's enumeration of departed kings).--§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 85, †4307 (Krātha--Dºau, among the Kuru warriors
but should we not read Daivāvṛdha? cf. Devāvṛdhasūnuḥ, v. 4322).--§ 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8595 (by having given a costly umbrella to a brahman D. attained to heaven). --§ 767 (Ānuśās.): XIII, 137, 6251 (do.).
पुराणम्
English
देवावृध १ / DEVĀVṚDHA I. A warrior, who fought against the pāṇḍavas in the kurukṣetra war (karṇa Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 3).
देवावृध २ / DEVĀVṚDHA II. A king who, along with his subjects attained heaven as he had made a gift of a golden umbrella. (śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Verse 21).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
देवावृध
पु०
 देवा वर्द्धन्तेऽनेन वृध--घञर्थे क दीर्घः । सात्वतेनृपभेदे “सात्वतान् सत्वसम्पन्नान् कोशल्या सुषुवेसुतान् । भजिनं भजमानञ्च दिव्यं देवावृधं नृपम्”हरिवं० ३८ अ० “छत्रं देवावृधो दत्त्वा सराष्ट्रोऽभ्यपत-द्दिवम्” भा० शा० २३४ अ०