धृतराष्ट्री (dhRtarASTrI)
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EnglishShabdartha Kaustubha
Kannadaधृतराष्ट्री
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Sanskrit धृतराष्ट्री
कश्यपऋषेः पत्नी।
"धृतराष्ट्र्याः वर्णनं पुराणेषु प्राप्यते।"
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Mahabharata
EnglishDhṛtarāshṭrī. § 126 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2620 (daughter of Tāmrā), 2622 (her offspring are the ducks and the swans).
पुराणम्
Englishधृतराष्ट्री / DHṚTARĀṢṬRĪ. A daughter born from tāmrā the wife of kaśyapa prajāpati. tāmrā had five daughters: krauñcī, bhāsī, śyenī, dhṛtarāṣṭrī and śukī. Of these, from krauñcī, the owls, the bhāsas from bhāsī, the eagle and vulture from śyenī, the swans and the ruddy goose from dhṛtarāṣṭrī were born in the world. (This occurs in vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 14).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskritधृतराष्ट्री, (धृतराष्ट्रस्य पत्नी । ङीष् ।) हंस-पत्नी । इति मेदिनी । रे, २७२ ॥
(यथा, महा-भारते । १ । ६६ । ५७, ५९ ।“काकीं श्येनीं तथा भासीं धृतराष्ट्रीं तथाश्रुकीम् ।ताम्रा तु सुषुवे देवी पञ्चैता लोकविश्रुताः ॥
”“धृतराष्ट्री तु हंसांश्च कलहंसाश्च सर्व्वशः ।चक्रवाकांश्च भद्रं ते जनयामास सैव तु ॥
”हंसपदीलता । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
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