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वज्रदत्त (vajradatta)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वज्र—दत्त
m.
N.
of a son of Bhaga-datta,
MBh.
of a prince,
Hcar.
of a king of Puṇḍarīkiṇī,
HPariś.
(श्री-),
N.
of an author,
Buddh.
Mahabharata
English
Vajradatta, king of Prāgjyotisha, the son of Bhagadatta. § 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 75, 2176, 2187, 2191
76, 2196, 2199, 2200, 2203, 2204, 2214 (vanquished by Arjuna, when the latter followed the sacrificial horse). Cf. Bhagadattaja, Bhagadattasuta, Bhagadattātmaja, Prāgjyotishādhipa.
पुराणम्
English
वज्रदत्त / VAJRADATTA. The King of Prāgjyotiṣapura. He was the son of bhagadatta. He attacked the neighbouring Kings and defeated them. He caught hold of the sacrificial horse of yudhiṣṭhira, led by arjuna, who fought with vajradatta for three days and defeated him. (M.B. aśvamedha Parva, Chapters 65 and 74).