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विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravIrya)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
विचित्रवीर्य्य
m.
 (-र्य्यः) A sovereign, the 22nd monarch of the lunar
dynasty in the third age, the son of ŚĀNTANU and husband of
PĀNDU'S mother.
E.
 विचित्र wonderful, वीर्य्य power.
Capeller Eng
English
विचित्रवीर्य
m.
N.
 of an ancient king.
Yates
English
विचित्र-वीर्य्य (र्य्यः) 1.
m.
 Name of the
22nd sovereign of the lunar dy-
nasty in the third age.
Wilson
English
विचित्रवीर्य्य
m.
 (-र्य्यः) A sovereign, the 22nd monarch of the lunar
dynasty in the third age, the son of ŚĀNTANU and husband of PĀṆḌU'S mother.
E.
 विचित्र wonderful, वीर्य्य power.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि-चित्र—वीर्य
m.
 ‘of marvellous heroism’,
N.
 of a celebrated king of the lunar race (the son of Śāṃtanu by his wife Satya-vatī, and so half-brother of Bhīṣma
when he died childless, his mother requested Vyāsa, whom she had borne before her marriage to the sage Parāśara, to raise up issue to Vicitra-vīrya
so Vyāsa married the two widows of his half-brother, Ambikā and Ambālikā, and by them became the father of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu
cf.
IW.
 375
376),
MBh.
Hariv.
Pur.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
विचित्रवीर्यः
पुं*
 विचित्र-वीर्यः -
एक चन्द्रवंशी राजा का नाम
L R Vaidya
English
vicitra-vIrya {% m. %} name of a king of the lunar race. (See App. II.)
Mahabharata
English
Vicitravīrya, a king, son of Śāntanu and Satyavatī. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 94 (kshetre Vºsya…Kṛshṇa-Dvaipāyanaḥ…trīn…Kauravyān janayām āsa, all. to § 171). --§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 375 (ºsya…rājye sampratipādanaṃ).--§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2441 (KṛshṇaDvaipayanād…kshetre Vºsya, all. to § 171).--§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3803 (V. and Citrāṅgada were the sons of Śāntanu and Satyavatī, cf. § 166), ††3804 (married Ambikā and Ambālīkā, cf. § 167).--§ 157 (do.): I, 95, ††3805 (died without offspring, cf. § 167), ††3807 (Vyāsa begot children on the widows of V., cf. § 171).--§ 166 (Citrāṅgadop.): I, 101, 4069 (the birth of V.), 4078 (after the death of Citrāṅgada, V., who was still a child, was installed as king), 4079.--§ 167 (Vicitravīryoparama): I, 102, 4126, 4131, 4137, 4138, 4140, 4142, 4145 (V. married Ambikā and Ambālikā, but soon died of consumption).--§ 171 (Vicitravīryasutotpatti): I, 105, 4224 (ºkshetreshu), 4240 (do.), 4253, 5254 (bhrātā Vºsya, i.e. Vyāsa)
106, 4304 (Vyāsa begot Dhṛtarāshṭra and Pāṇḍu on the widows of V. and Vidura on the maid of Ambikā).--§ 213 (Jatugṛhap.): I, 145, 5744 (Śāntanavaḥ…rājarshiḥ)
151, 5906 (snushāṃ Vºsya, i.e. Kuntī).--§ 236 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 192, †7173 (ºsya sutasya, i.e. Pāṇḍu).--§ 290 (Śicupālavadhap.): II, 41, 1455 (bhrātā Vºs te, sc. Bhīshma's, all. to § 167).--§ 401 (Balarāma): III, 119, †10248 (ºsya sutaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāshṭra).--§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 147, 4978, 4979 (repetition from §§ 166--171).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 172, 5938 (all. to § 166).--§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 173, 5947, 5948
174, 5967 (repetition from § 167)
176, 6072 (do.).--§ 744 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 44, 2441 (repetition from § 167, but with some alterations). --§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 9, 283. Cf. Kaurava, Kauravya, Kurukulodvaha.
पुराणम्
English
विचित्रवीर्य / VICITRAVĪRYA. Father of dhṛtarāṣṭra. (For further details see under dhṛtarāṣṭra).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
विचित्रवीर्य्यः,
पुं,
 (विचित्राणि वीर्य्याणि यस्यसः ।) चन्द्रवंशीयराजविशेषः । स च शान्तनो-र्दासकन्यायां जातः । तस्य क्षेत्रे सत्यवत्या-ज्ञया व्यासो धृतराष्ट्रं पाण्डुञ्च जनयामास ।इति श्रीभागवतमतम् ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
विचित्रवीर्य्य
पु०
 शान्तनुनृपात्मजे नृपभेदे भा० आ० १०६ अ०
Capeller
German
विचित्रवीर्य
m.
 N. eines alten Königs.