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बृहद्धल (bRhaddhala)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बृहद्—धल (°द्-ह°)
n.
(?) a large plough,
L.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
bṛhaddhala (EI 7), ‘the big plough’
name of a land
measure (Ep. Ind., Vol. II, p. 125)
cf. hala.
पुराणम्
English
बृहद्धल / BṚHADDHALA I A great King of kosala. He gave fourteen thousand best horses for the rājasūya (imperial inauguration) sacrifice performed by yudhiṣṭhira as present. In the battle of mahābhārata, bṛhaddhala sided with the kauravas and fought against the pāṇḍavas and was killed in the battle by abhimanyu. (M.B. droṇa parva, 46
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bhāgavata, skandha 9).
बृहद्धल / BṚHADDHALA II. The son of subala, the king of gāndhāra--bṛhaddhala attended the pāñcālī Svayamvara (marriage of pāñcālī) with his brother śakuni and vṛṣaka.
बृहद्धल / BṚHADDHALA III. A king of the Yādavas. He was the son of devabhāga, the brother of vasudeva. (bhāgavata, skandha 9).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
बृ(वृ)हद्धल
न०
कर्म्म० महालाङ्गले त्रिका०