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बृहद्बल (bRhadbala)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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बृहद्—बल
m.
 ‘having great strength’,
N.
 of two kings,
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
Mahabharata
English
Bṛhadbala^1, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 230 (among the kings of the past who have died).
Bṛhadbala^2, son of Subala, the Gāndhāra king. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6985 (Śakuniḥ Saubalaś caiva Vṛshako 'tha Bṛhadbalaḥ, ete Gāndhārarājasya sutāḥ sarve samāgatāḥ). Cf. Acala.
Bṛhadbala^3 (presumably the same as next). § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6996.--§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44, 1538.
Bṛhadbala^4, the Kosala king. § 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1075 (Kośalādhipatiṃ, vanquished by Bhīmasena on his digvijaya).--§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1269 (came to the rājasūya of Yudhishṭhira).--§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4, 85 (the same?).--§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 57, 2250 (Saubhadreṇa kṛto bhāgaḥ).--§ 571 (Ulūkadūt.): V, 161, 5573 (ºmahocchālaṃ, sc. purushodadhiṃ, i.e. the army of Duryodhana). --§ 572 (Rathātirathas.): V, 166, 5765 (Kauśalyo rathasattamaḥ).--§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 16, 623 (Kausalyaḥ, B.
C. has Kauravyaḥ).--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 45^3, 1683 (Kauśalakaḥ), 1685 (fights Abhimanyu on the first day of the battle).--§ 580 (do.): VI, 56, 2410.--§ 584 (do.): VI, 81, 3534 (Kauśalyaḥ).--§ 585 (do.): VI, 87, 3855 (Kauśalyaḥ, in the array of Bhīshma on the eighth day of the battle), 3856
92, 4118, 4136 (rājaputraṃ)
94, 4195. --§ 587 (do.): VI, 108, 5007
114, 5325 (Kauśalyaḥ)
115, 5365 (B. (c) bore a lion on his standard--siṃhaketuḥ, so B.--and attacked Abhimanyu)
116, 5405 (rājaputraṃ), 5409 (rājaputraḥ).--§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 37, 1589, () 1601 (fought Abhimanyu)
39, 1650
46, 1838, () 1851
47, 1864, 1868, 1878, 1881 (Kośalānāṃ bhartāraṃ rājaputraṃ), 1883 (slain by Abhimanyu).--§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 73, 2579 (ºṃ rājāṇaṃ svargeṇājau prayojya, sc. Abhimanyu, all. to § 593).--§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 2, 73, 92 (had been slain).--§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 25, 715 (Kośalānām adhipatiṃ rājaputraṃ, bewailed by his widows). Cf. Kausalya, Kausalendra, Kosalaka, Kosalānām adhipati(ḥ), Kosslānaṃ bhartṛ, Kosalarāja.
पुराणम्
English
बृहद्बल १ / BṚHADBALA I. A king in ancient india. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Stanza 237).
बृहद्बल २ / BṚHADBALA II. Son of Suba, a King of gāndhāra. He was present at the pāñcālī Svayamvara (marriage of pāñcālī) with his brothers śakuni and vṛṣaka. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 5).
बृहद्बल ३ / BṚHADBALA III. A king of the country known as kosala. During his conquest of the East, Bhīmasena defeated this King. This powerful King of kosala had given fourteen thousand horses for the rājasūya (imperial inauguration) of Yudhiṣthira. He fought with abhimanyu and ghaṭotkaca in the battle of bhārata. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, droṇa parva, Chapter 40, Stanza 20, that abhimanyu killed this bṛhadbala in the battle.