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पांडु (pAMDu)

 
Apte 1890
English
पांडु a. Pale-white, whitish, pale, yellowish
विकलकरणः पांडुच्छायः शुचा परिदुर्बलः U. 3. 22.
डुः 1 The pale-white or yellowish-white colour.
2 Jaundice.
3 A white elephant.
4 N. of the father of the Pāṇḍavas. [He was begotten by Vyāsa on Ambālikā, one of the widows of Vichitravīrya. He was called Pāṇḍu, because he was born pale (पांडु) by reason of his mother having become quite pale with fear when in private with the sage Vyāsa
(यस्मात्पांडुत्वमापन्ना विरूपं प्रेक्ष्य ममिह । तस्मादेव सुतस्ते वै पांडुरेव भविष्यति Mb.). He was prevented by a curse from having progeny himself
so he allowed his first wife Kuntī to make use of a charm she had acquired from Durvāsas for the birth of sons. She gave birth to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna
and Mādrī, his other wife, by the use of the same charm, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva. One day Pāṇḍu forgot the curse under which he was labouring, and made bold to embrace Mādrī, but he fell immediately dead in her arms.]
Comp.
आमयः jaundice.
कंबलः {1} a white blanket. {2} a warm upper garment. {3} the housing of a royal elephant.
कंबलिन् m. {1} a carriage covered with a woollen blanket. {2} the housings of a royal elephant.
पुत्रः a son of Pāṇḍu, any one of the five Pāṇḍavas.
पृष्ठ a. ‘white-backed’, having no auspicious marks on the body, one from whom nothing great is to be expected.
भूमः a region full of chalky soil.
मृत्तिका {1} white or pale soil. {2} the opal.
मृद् f. chalk.
रागः whiteness, pallor.
रोगः jaundice.
लेखः a sketch made with chalk
a rough draft or sketch made on the ground, board &c.: पांडुलेखेन फलके भुमौ वा प्रथमं लिखंत् । न्यूनाधिकं तु संशोध्य पश्चात्पत्रे निवेशयेत् ॥ Vyāsa.
शर्करा light-coloured gravel (प्रमेहभेद)
शर्मिला an epithet of Draupadī.
सोपाकः N. of a mixed tribe
चांडालात्पांडुसोपाकस्त्वक्सारव्यवहारवान् Ms. 10. 37.
L R Vaidya
English
pAMqu {% (I) a. %} Yellowish, white, pale.
pAMqu {% (II) m. %} 1. The yellowish white colour
2. jaundice
3. a white elephant
4. name of the father of the Pāṇḍavas
he was a son of Vyāsa by the wife of Vichitravīrya.