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मदिराश्व (madirAzva)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मदिराश्व
m.
N.
 of a Rājarṣi and of a king (son of Daśāśva and grandson of Ikṣvāku),
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Madirāśva^1 = Madirāksha, the brother of Virāṭa. § 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 57, 2237 (ºpurogamāḥ, have joined Yudhishṭhira, only C., B. has Madirākshaº).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 171, 5907 (among the rathas of the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 6, 184 (slain).
Madirāśva^2, an ancient king. § 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8608 (rājarshiḥ, by having given his daughter to Hiraṇyahasta, M. went to regions praised by the very gods).-§ 720b (Sudarśanop.): XIII, 2, 91 (son of Daśāśva), 92 (father of Dyutimat).--§ 767 (Ānuśāsanik.): 137, 6268 (= XII, 8608).
पुराणम्
English
मदिराक्ष १ / MADIRĀKṢA (madirāśva) I. A brother of virāṭa, King of matsya. When the kauravas made trigarta carry away the cattle of virāṭa it was madirākṣa who faced trigarta in a fight. A great fight ensued between trigarta and madirākṣa. He had shone as one of the chieftains of the army of King virāṭa. He was a very charitable man well-versed in dhanurveda (archery). He was killed in the big battle by Droṇācārya. Chapters 31, 33, 82 virāṭa Parva
171, Udyoga Parva and 9, karṇa Parva).
मदिराक्ष २ / MADIRĀKṢA II (madirāśva). A king of the dynasty of ikṣvāku. He was the son of King daśāśva. madirāśva was a saintly king well-versed in archery. He was a very righteous person also. (27-8, anuśāsana parva). madirāśva had a son named dyutimān and a daughter named Sumadhyā. (2, 8, anuśāsana parva.) After giving Sumadhyā in marriage to a sage named hiraṇyahasta madirāśva attained Svarga. (226: 34 śānti Parva, and 137: 24 anuśāsana parva).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
मदिराश्व
पु०
 १ विराटनृपसेनापतिभेदे भा० आमु० २ अ० ।हिरण्यहस्तस्य श्वशुरे २ प्राचीने नृपभेदे भा० अनु० १४७ अ०