बाल्हीक (bAlhIka)
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Monier Williams Cologne
EnglishMonier Williams 1872
Englishबाल्हीक, अस्, m. (often written बाह्लीक or वा-
ह्लीक, and sometimes for बाहीक), a prince of the
Bālhīkas
N. of a son of Janam-ejaya
of a son of
Pratīpa
of the father of Rohiṇī, wife of Vasu-deva
of a Gandharva
(आस्), m. pl., N. of a people, =
बाल्हिक
(ई), f. a princess of the Bālhīkas (an epithet
of Mādrī, Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 4886)
(अस्, ई, अम्),
belonging to or derived from the Bālhīkas
(अम्),
n. saffron
Asa Fœtida.
—बाल्हीक-भाषा, f. the
language of the Bālhīkas (enumerated among the
various Prākṛt dialects).
—बाल्हीकेश (°क + ईश्°), अस्,
m. lord of the Bālhīkas.
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Macdonell
EnglishL R Vaidya
Englishअभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskritवाहीकाष्टक्वनामानो बाल्हीका बाल्हिकाह्वयाः ।
वाहीक (पुं), टक्क (पुं), बाल्हीक (पुं), बाल्हिक (पुं)
Mahabharata
EnglishBālhī¤ka^3 ([great-]grandson of the elder Dhṛtarāshṭra and son of Pratīpa, and brother of Devāpi and Śāntanu). § 155 (Pūruv.): I, 94, 3750, 3751 (is made king together with Śāntanu).--§ 156 (do.): I, 95, 3797 (son of Pratīpa and Śaibyā Sunandā).--§ 194 (Pāṇḍu): I, 126, 4911 (Somadatto 'tha Bºḥ).--§ 208 (Astradarśana): I, 134, 5313 (Kṛpasya, Somadattasya, Bāhlīkasya ca dhīmataḥ…sānnidhye).-§ 213 (Jatugṛhap.): I, 143, 5707 (Droṇaṃ ca Bālhi¤kañ caiva Somadattañ ca Kauravaṃ).--§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1266 (tathā Śalyaś ca bhagavān Bāhlikaś ca mahābalaḥ | Somadatto 'tha Kauravyo Bhūrir Bhūriśravāḥ Śalaḥ).-§ 288 (do.): II, 35, 1293 (Bāhliko Dhṛtarāshṭraś ca, Somadatto Jayadrathaḥ | Nakulena samānītāḥ svāmivat tatra remire).-§ 296 (Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1912 (Vāhlīko ratham āhārshīd jāmbūnada-vibhūshitaṃ).--§ 298 (do.): II, 58, 2011 (Bālhīkena rathaṃ yattaṃ [i.e. dattaṃ, cf. 1912])
63, 2112 (Prātipeyāḥ Śāntanavā Bhīmasenāḥ sa-Vāhlikāḥ | Duryodhanāparā-dhena kṛcchraṃ prāpsyanti sarvaśaḥ).--§ 302 (Anudyūtap.): II, 74, 2477 (tato Droṇaḥ, Somadatto, Vāhlīkaś caiva, Gautamaḥ… in vain dissuaded the game).--§ 305 (Anudyūtap.): II, 78, 2560 (Yudhishṭhira said: āmantrayāmi Bharatāṃs tathā vṛddhaṃ pitāmahaṃ | rājānaṃ Somadattañ ca mahārājañ ca Vāhlikaṃ).--§ 307 (do.): II, 81, 2697 (Dhṛtarāshṭra related: prātishṭhata tato Bhīshmo Droṇena saha Sañjaya | Kṛpaś ca Somadattaś ca Vāhlīkaś ca mahā-manāḥ).--§ 318 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 13, 599 (among the means of dissuading Dhṛtarāshṭra from permitting the game, Kṛshṇa mentioned Bhīshma-Droṇau samānāyya Kṛpaṃ Vāhlīkam eva ca).--§ 512 (Ghoshayātrāp.): III, 249, 15084 (Duryodhana asked Karṇa: “What will Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Drauṇi, Vidura, Sañjaya, Vāhli¤ka, Saumadatti, etc., say to me when I come to Hāstinapura?”).--§ 514 (Ghoshayātrāp.): III, 252, 15205 (Bhūriśravāḥ, Somadatto, mahārājaś ca Vāhlikaḥ…Kurūdvahāḥ followed Duryodhana
kālenālpena rājendra sva-puraṃ viviśus tadā).--§ 515 (Karṇadigvijaya): III, 254, 15261 (Duryodhana said to Karṇa when the latter had fulfilled his Digvijaya: “What I have not been able to accomplish through Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, and Vāhlika, I have obtained through thee”).--§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 38, 1243 (Uttara said about the Kuru army: yatra Droṇaś ca Bhīshmaś ca Kṛpaḥ Karṇo Viviṃśatiḥ | Aśvatthāmā Vikarṇaś ca Somadattaś ca Vāhlikaḥ, etc.).--§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 23, †693 (Yudhishṭhira asked Sañjaya about the health of Bhīshma, Dhṛtarāshṭra, mahārājo Vāhlikaḥ Prātipeyaḥ…vidvān, Somadatta, Bhūriśravas, etc.)
30, †885 (Yudhishṭhira asked Sañjaya to salute Droṇa, Aśvatthāman, Kṛpa, etc., sa Vāhlikānām ṛshabho manīshī, who never cherishes any other wish than that there should be peace among the Bharatas, and Somadatta, Saumadatti, etc.).--§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47, 1796 (Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Śalya, Kṛtavarman, Jayadratha, Aśvatthāman, Vikarṇa, Somadatta, Vāhlika, Vidura, Dhṛtarāshṭra, etc., entered the hall for hearing the message of Sañjaya)
55, 2206 (the chief warriors of the Kurus are Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, etc., Drauṇi, Vaikartana Karṇa, Somadatta, Vāhlika, Prāgjyotishādhipaḥ, Śalya, Āvantyo, 'tha Jayadrathaḥ, etc.)
57, 2289 (Sañjaya should inform sa-Vāhlikān Kurūn… Prātipeyān Śaradvataḥ, etc.)
58, 2300 (Dhṛtarāshṭra, Vāhlika, Bhīshma, Droṇa, Aśvatthāman, Sañjaya, Somadatta, Śala, and Kṛpa, etc., do not wish the combat), , 2304 (Duryodhana will challenge the Pāṇḍavas without depending upon Dhṛtarāshṭra, Droṇa, Aśvatthāman, Sañjaya, Bhīshma, Kāmboja, Kṛpa, Vāhlika, etc.)
62, †2426 (Karṇa boasts that he will slay myriads of warriors in the sight of Āvantya-KāliṅgaJayadratheshu…Vāhlike ca)
63, 2432 (Duryodhana says that he is not dependent on Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Vāhlika, etc.)
65, 2493 (Dhṛtarāshṭra exhorts Duryodhana to follow himself, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Vikarṇa, Bhīshma, mahārājañ ca Vāhlikaṃ)
66, 2501 (Arjuna had said that Bhīshma, Dhṛtarāshṭra, Sañjaya, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, mahārājañ ca Vāhlikaṃ, etc., were in the greatest danger).--§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 80, 2859 (Vidura, Bhīshma, Droṇaś ca saha-Vāhlikaḥ will understand Kṛshṇa)
83, 2966 (Yudhishṭhira tells Kṛshṇa to salute Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, mahārājañ ca Vāhlikaṃ, Drauṇi, Somadatta, etc.)
89, 3114 (Kṛpa, Somadatta, mahārājaś ca Vāhlikaḥ rose from their seats and honoured Kṛshṇa), 3117() (Kṛshṇa accosted Droṇaṃ sa-Vāhlīkaṃ sa-putrañ ca, Kṛpa, and Somadatta)
90, 3180 (Dhṛtarāshṭra, mahārājaś ca Vāhli¤kaḥ, Kṛpa, Somadatta, and the Kurus had grieved at the dragging of Kṛshṇā at the game)
91, 3271 (Droṇa, Kṛpa, Bhīshmo, 'tha Vāhlikaḥ, and [the]
Kurus came to Kṛshṇa)
95, 3402 (Duryodhana will be irresistible, when he has Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Viviṃśati, Aśvatthāman, Vikarṇa, Somadatto, 'tha Vāhlikaḥ, etc.).--§ 567 (do.): V, 124, 4138 (Duryodhana does not follow Dhṛtarāshṭra, Bhīshma, Droṇa, Vidura, Kṛpa, Somadattasya, Vāhlīkasya ca dhīmataḥ, etc.)
128, 4284 (Duryodhana disregards Vidura, Dhṛtarāshṭra, mahārājañ ca Vāhlikaṃ, etc.)
129, 4350 (Bhīshma, Dhṛtarāshṭra, and Vāhlika have given their share to the sons of Pāṇḍu from fear of disunion)
131, 4453 (Kṛshṇa addressed Dhṛtarāshṭra, Droṇa, Bhīshma, Vidura, Vāhlika, and Kṛpa), 4457() (Kṛshṇa was followed by Bhīshma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Vidura, Dhṛtarāshṭra, Vāhlika, etc.).--§ 569 (do.): V, 149, 5055, 5059, 5066, 5067 (V. abandoned his father and brother and obtained the wealthy kingdom of his maternal uncle, permitting Śāntanu to rule the paternal kingdom).--§ 570 (Sainyaniryānap.): V, 155, 5275 (among the eleven men, Kṛpa, Droṇa, etc., under each of whom Duryodhana placed an akshauhiṇī).--§ 572 (Rathātirathas.): V, 167, 5797 (is an atiratha).--§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 17, 675 (the Kuru army was arrested by Droṇa, Bhīshma, Aśvatthāman, Vāhlīka, and Kṛpa).--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 45^10, 1707 (fights Dhṛshtaketu = Cedirājaḥ, 1709), 1709
48, 1925^34 (he attacked Śveta with Kṛṭavarman, Kṛpa, Śalya, Jārāsandhi, Vikarṇa, and Viviṃśati in order to protect Bhīshma).--§ 580 (do.): VI, 59, †2643 (at sunset the Kurus sa-Bhīshmāḥ, sa-Droṇa-Duryodhana-Vāhlikāś ca, withdrew their troops), †2648 (Droṇa, Kṛpa, Saindhava-Vāhlikau, Bhūriśravas, Śalya-Śalau, etc., were vanquished by Arjuna). --§ 581 (do.): VI, 60, 2652 (Droṇa, Duryodhana, Vāhlika, etc., accompanied Bhīshma).--§ 583 (do.): VI, 76, 3330 (the Kuru army was protected by Droṇa, Bhīshma, Kṛtavarman, Kṛpa, Duḥśāsana, Jayadratha, etc., Bhagadatta, Vikarṇa, Drauṇi, Saubala, and Vāhlika).--§ 584 (do.): VI, 81, 3533 (Bhīshma said to Duryodhana that he, Droṇa, Śalya, etc., Vāhlikaḥ saha Vāhlikaiḥ, etc., would fight for him).--§ 585 (do.): VI, 92, 4118 (Bhīshma sent Droṇa, Somadatta, Vāhliko, 'tha Jayadrathaḥ, etc., to the rescue of Duryodhana), 4129 (was wounded by Ghaṭotkaca)
96, 4340 (with Kṛtavarman he fought Sātyaki).--§ 586 (do.): VI, 102, 4666 (Aśvatthāman, Śalya, Kāmbojaś ca Sudakshiṇaḥ | Vindānuvindāv Āvantyau, Vāhlikaḥ saha Vāhlikaiḥ, surrounded Arjuna)
104, 4746 (fought Bhīmasena: Bhīmasenas tu rājānaṃ Vāhlikaṃ prapitāmahaṃ | viddhvānadan mahā-nādaṃ…), 4753, 4754 (mounted upon the chariot of Lakshmaṇa).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakav.): VII, 20, 800 (Bhūriśravas, Śalya, Somadatta, and Vāhlika were in the right wing of Droṇa's Garuḍa-array on the twelfth day of the battle)
25, 1081 (fought Drupada)
32, 1373 (fought Bhīmasena)
39, 1660 (Duryodhana told Karṇa, Vāhlika, etc., to crush Abhimanyu). --§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 74, 2619 (Jayadratha said that not even Droṇa, Duryodhana, Kṛpa, Karṇa-Madreśa-Vāhlikāḥ, etc., could protect him).--§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 85, 3043 (Dhṛtarāshṭra said that the Pāṇḍavas would hear Śalya, Somadatta, Bhīshma, Droṇa, Vikarṇa, Vāhlīka, Kṛpa, etc.).--§ 599 (Jayadrathav.): VII, 95, 3527 (Vāhlīka-rājas tejasvī kulaputra mahārathaḥ…Draupadeyān avārayat), 3534 (fought Śikhaṇḍin)
96, 3548, 3549 (fought Śikhaṇḍin), 3553 (Vāhlīka-rājaḥ, fought the Draupadeyas).--§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 155, 6720 (in the sight of Karṇa, Drauṇi, Duryodhana, Kṛpa, Somadatta, and Vāhlīka, Bhīmasena slew Dushkarṇa and Durmada)
157, 6932 (Bhīma made Somadatta, the son of Vāhlīka, insensible), 6933 (wounded by Bhīmasena
wounds--C. Prāti¤pīyas for B. Prāti¤peyas--Bhīma), 6936 (slain by Bhīmasena), 6937
158, 7035 (Karṇa said that Bhīshma, Vikarṇa, Citrasena, Bāhlīkaś ca, Jayadratha, etc., had been slain by Destiny). --§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 1, 22 (has been slain)
5, 119 (Sañjaya said to Dhṛtarāshṭra: pitāmahas tava tathā Vāhlikaḥ saha Vāhlikaiḥ has been slain by Bhīmasena)
7, 180 (the son of Senāvindu has been slain by Vāhlīkena …Kauravendreṇa).--§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 2, 72 (… Somadatto, 'tha Vāhlikaḥ, …, enumerated by Dhṛtarāshṭra among the kings who had been slain for his sake), 89 (mahārājaḥ).--§ 611 (do.): IX, 24, 1299 (Vāhlike, Somadatte ca, have been slain).--§ 613 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 32, 1836 (enumerated by Duryodhana among the kings who had been slain for his sake).--§ 615 (do.): IX, 63, 3548 (Bhīshmeṇa, Somadattena, Bāhlīkena Kṛpeṇa ca… have in vain exhorted Dhṛtarāshṭra to make peace, says Kṛshṇa).--§ 616 (Sauptikap.): X, 9, 523 (Aśvatthāman said to the dying Duryodhana: parishvajethā rājānaṃ Bāhlīkaṃ sumahārathaṃ in heaven).--§ 619 (Strīvilāp.): XI, 22, 621 (Gāndhārī said: Prātipeyaṃ maheshvāsaṃ hataṃ bhallena Vāhlikaṃ).--§ 744 (Ānuśāsan.): XIII, 44, 2446 (Bhīshma said: pitā mama, mahārāja! Bāhlīko vākyam abravīt).-§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 11, 360 (Dhṛtarāshṭra wished to perform the śraddhā of Bhīshma, Droṇa, Somadatta, Vāhlīka, etc.), 372 (rājarsheḥ
enumerated by Bhīmasena among those whose pretakārya the Pāṇḍavas will themselves perform)
15, 414().--§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 29, 809 (yasyās tu śvaśuro dhīmān Vāhlikaḥ sa Kurūdvahaḥ | nihataḥ Somadattaś ca pitrā saha mahāraṇe)
32, 879.
पुराणम्
Englishबाल्हीक / BĀLHĪKA. (BĀLHIKA) I. A powerful king born in the family of ahara. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 25).
बाल्हीक २ / BĀLHĪKA II. A king who in his previous life was the asura called krodhavaśa. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, droṇa parva, Chapter 96, Stanza 12, that this King helped the kauravas in the battle of kurukṣetra.
बाल्हीक ३ / BĀLHĪKA III. A king who was the third son of janamejaya and the grandson of King kuru. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Stanza 56).
बाल्हीक ४ / BĀLHĪKA IV. A son of pratīpa, a King of the kuru dynasty. He had two brothers, devāpi and śantanu. It is said in mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 94 that sunandā, the princess of the country of śibi was their mother. Mention is made in bhāgavata, skandha 9, Chapter 22, Stanza 18 that this king bālhīka had a son named somadatta. bālhīka was a friend of the kauravas and the pāṇḍavas. bālhīka exhorted them strongly, not to engage in a battle. Still, when the battle was begun, bālhīka sided with the kauravas. bālhīka was once elected as the general of eleven divisions of the army of Dury odhana.
The achievements of bālhīka in the battle of kurukṣetra are given below:--1) There was a combat on the first day of the battle between bālhīka and Dhṛṣtaketu. (M.B., bhīṣma parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 38).2) Bhīmasena defeated bālhīka. (M.B., bhīṣma parva, Chapter 104, Stanza 26).3) Fought with drupada. (mahābhārata, droṇa parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 18).4) bālhīka fought with śikhaṇḍī. (mahābhārata, droṇa Parva, Chapter 96, Stanza 7).5) Bhīmasena killed bālhīka. (droṇa parva, Chapter 157, Stanza 15).
बाल्हीक ५ / BĀLHĪKA V. The charioteer of dharmaputra. (M.B., Sabhā Parva, Chapter 58, Stanza 20).
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