विदर्भ (vidarbha)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 विदर्भ mf.  (-र्भः-र्भा) A district and city to the south-west of Bengal, 
the modern Bada-Nāgpur or Berār proper.
	 m.
  (-र्भः) Any dry or
desert soil.
 E.
  वि privative,  and दर्भ the sacred grass
 not growing
in that country in consequence of the curse of a saint,  whose son
had died of a wound from a blade of the grass.

Capeller Eng

English

 †विदर्भ m.
  pl.
  N.
  of a people,  sgl.
  the country or a
king of the V.

Yates

English

 वि-दर्भ (र्भः-र्भा) 1.
m.
  f.
  A district
and city to the south-west of
Bengal.
m.
  Any desert soil.

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Wilson

English

 विदर्भ
mf.  (-र्भः-र्भा) A district and city to the south-west of
Bengal,  the modern Bara-Nagpur or Berar proper.
m.
  (-र्भः) Any
dry or desart soil.
E.
  वि privative,  and दर्भ the sacred grass
 not growing in that
country in consequence of the curse of a saint,  whose son had died of a wound
from a blade of the grass.

Apte 1890

English

 विदर्भ The modern Berār,  a great kingdom in ancient times lying to the north of Kuntala and extending from the banks of the Kṛṣṇā to about the banks of the Narmadā. On account of its great size,  the country was also called ‘Mahārāṣṭra’
 cf. B. R. 10. 74. Kuṇḍinapura,  also called Vidarbhā,  was its ancient capital,  which probably stands for the modern Beder. The river Varadā (Warda) divided Vidarbha into two parts,  Amarāvatī being the capital of the northern,  and Pratiṣṭhāna of the southern,  part. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वि—दर्भ a See s.v.
 

 वि-दर्भ b m.
  ‘destitute of Darbha grass’,  N.
  of a country south of the Vindhya hills (now called Berar
 it was the country of Damayantī,  wife of Nala
 the soil was probably grassless and arid,  but the absence of Darbha is said to be due to the fact that the son of a saint died of the prick of a sharp blade of that grass),  MBh.
  
 Kāv.
  &c.
  

 a king of Vidarbha,  MBh.
  
 Naiṣ.

 a partic.  disease of the gums (=  वैदर्भ),  ŚārṅgS.
 

 N.
  of a man,  Hariv.
 

 of a son of Jyā-magha,  ib.

 of a son of Ṛṣabha,  BhP.
  

 वि-दर्भ m.
  pl.
  the inhabitants of V° and also the country itself

 वि-दर्भ m.
  the interior of anything,  Harav.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 विदर्भ वि-दर्भ,  अस्,  आ,  m. f. (said to be
fr. वि,  ‘without, ’ + दर्भ,  ‘sacred grass, ’ supposed
not to grow in Vidarbha because the son of a saint
died of a wound inflicted by a sharp blade of this
grass),  a district and city to the south-west of Bengal, 
the modern Berar proper
 (अस्),  m. the king of
Vidarbha
 any dry or desert soil
 (आस्),  m. pl.,  N.
of a people.
—विदर्भ-जा,  f. ‘Vidarbha-born, ’ epi-
thet of the wife of the saint Agastya
 of Damayantī
(wife of Nala and heroine of the poem so called)
of Rukmiṇī (wife of Kṛṣṇa).
—विदर्भ-तनया
or विदर्भ-राज-तनया or विदर्भ-सुभ्रू,  ऊस्, 
f. ‘daughter of the king of Vidarbha, ’ Damayantī.
—विदर्भ-नगरी,  f. the city of Vidarbha.
—वि-
दर्भ-पति,  इस्,  or विदर्भ-राज्,  ट्,  or विदर्भ-
राज,  अस्,  or विदर्भ-राजन्,  आ,  or विदर्भाधि-
पति (°भ-अध्°),  इस्,  m. the king of Vidarbha.
—विदर्भ-राजधानी,  f. the city or capital of
Vidarbha.
—विदर्भाभिमुख (°भ-अभ्°),  अस्, 
ई,  अम्,  having the face turned towards Vidarbha, 
facing Vidarbha.

Macdonell

English

 विदर्भ vi-darbha,  m.
  [grassless = arid land] 🞄N. of a country south of the Vindhya (with the 🞄capital Kuṇḍina) now called Berar: pl.
  the 🞄people
 sg. king of Vidarbha: ā,  f.
  N. of the 🞄capital of Vidarbha (= Kuṇḍina)
 (a) -tanayā,  f.
  daughter of the king of Vidarbha
 🞄(a) -nagarī,  f.
  city of Vidarbha
 (a) -rājaputrī,  f.
  pat. of Rukmiṇī
 -abhi-mukha,  🞄a.  facing Vidarbha. 

Benfey

English

 विदर्भ वि-दर्भ,  m.
 
 1. The name of
a country,  Nal. 1,  5 (pl.)
 ib. 32 (sing.).
 2. The king of that country,  Nal. 1,  32.
 3. Any dry or desert soil.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

विदर्भः
पुं*
  - -
विदर्भ देश का राजा

विदर्भः
पुं*
  - -
सूखी या मरुभूमि

विदर्भः
पुं*
  - -
"वर्तमान वरार देश। प्राचीन काल में कुंतल के उतर स्थित यह एक बड़ा राज्य था जो कृष्णा के तट से लेकर लगभग नर्मदा के तट तक फैला हुआ था। विशालकाय होने के कारण इसका नाम महाराष्ट्र भी था, तु०बा०रा०१०/७४।कुण्डिनपुर जिसे विदर्भ भी कहते हैं इस देश की प्राचीन राजधानी थी।इसीको संभवतः आजकल बीदर कहते हैं।विदर्भ देश को वरदा नदी ने दो भागों में विभक्त कर दिया है, उतरी भाग की राजधानी अमरावती है, तथा दक्षिणी भाग की प्रतिष्ठान।"

L R Vaidya

English

 vidarBa {% (I) m. pl. %} 1. Name of a district now called Berar,  अस्ति दक्षिणापथे विदर्भेषु पद्मपुरं नाम नगरम् M.M.i.
 2. the natives of this country.

 vidarBa {% (II) m. %} 1. A king of the Vidarbha
 2. a desert soil.

Bopp

Latin

 विदर्भ m. pl. nomen regionis (Wils. विदर्भ m. विदर्भा f.
«a district and city to the south-west of Bengal,  the
modern Bara-Nagpor or Berar proper».) N. 1. 5.
2. 26. Etiam sing. N. 1. 32.

Lanman

English

 vidarbha, 
	—1. m. pl. the Vidarbhans, 
Vidarbha,  name of a people,  and of their
country,  which was south of the Vindhya
mountains,  and is now called Berar
	—2.
m. sing. Vidarbha,  i. e. a king of Vidarbha, 
4^2. [for mg 2,  cf. “Norway,  uncle of
young Fortinbras, ” Hamlet,  i. 2. 28.]

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 विदर्भ m. das Innere,  Haravijaya 7,  62. — N. °eines दैत्य,  H 34,  21.

Mahabharata

English

Vidarbha (“king of the Vidarbhas”) = Bhīma: III,  2103 (kanyāṃ Vºsya,  i.e. Damayantī).

Vidarbha,  pl. (ºāḥ),  a people. § 344 (Nalopākhyānap.): III,  53,  2076 (ruled by Bhīma),  2093,  2094 (ºnagarīṃ)
 54,  2129.--§ 346 (do.): III,  60,  2293.--§ 347 (do.): III,  61,  2319 (esha panthā Vºāṇāṃ),  2328,  2331
 64,  2447,  2476.--§ 350 (do.): III,  68,  2666 (ºsarasaḥ)
 69,  2714 (only B.,  C. has ºāṃ),  2717.--§ 351 (do.): III,  71,  2772 (only B.,  C. has ºāṃ),  2780 (ºnagarīṃ),  2788.--§ 352 (do.): III,  72,  2826--8 (only B.,  C. has ºāṃ),  2850.--§ 353 (do.): III,  73,  2852 (only B.,  C. has ºāṃ).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI,  9,  351.--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  51,  2103 (in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 686 (Mokshadh.): XII,  273,  9813. Cf. Daśī-Vidarbha,  pl.

पुराणम्

English

विदर्भ १ / VIDARBHA I. A brother of bharata. It is stated in bhāgavata,  skandha 5,  that kuśāvarta,  ilāvarta,  Brahmāvarta,  āryāvarta,  Bhadraketu,  sena,  Indraspṛk,  vidarbha,  and so on were brothers of bharata the son of ṛṣabha. nimi was his son.

विदर्भ २ / VIDARBHA II. See under jyāmagha.

विदर्भ ३ / VIDARBHA III. An ancient country in india. The information about this Purāṇically famous country obtained from mahābhārata,  is given below:(i)  Once sahadeva,  during his regional conquest,  captured bhojakaṭa,  a part of vidarbha and expelled the king bhīṣmaka from the country. (M.B. Sabhā Parva,  Chapter 31,  Stanza 11).(ii)  By the blessing of hermit damanaka,  three sons,  dama,  dānta and damana and a daughter,  damayantī,  were born to bhīṣmaka the king of vidarbha. (M.B. Vana Parva,  Chapter 58,  Stanza 5).(iii)  Having heard about the svayaṁvara (Bride selecting a suitable husband from the candidates present) of the princess damayantī of vidarbha,  the gods indra,  agni,  varuṇa and yama came to vidarbha
 (See under damayantī).
iv) damayantī is called vaidarbhī because she was born in vidarbha. (M.B. Vana Parva,  Chapter 55,  Stanza 12)
v) rukmiṇī,  the wife of śrī kṛṣṇa,  was the daughter of a king of vidarbha. Bhagavān śrī kṛṣṇa carried rukmiṇī away by force. (M.B. Udyoga Parva,  Chapter 158,  Stanza 13)

Vedic Reference

English

 Vidarbha occurs in the earlier Vedic literature as the name
of a place only in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, ^1 where
its Mācalas (perhaps a species of dog) are said to kill tigers.
1) ii. 440 (Journal of the American Oriental Society,  19,  103,  n. 3).

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 विदर्भः,  पुं,
   स्त्री,
   (विशिष्टा दर्भाः कुशा यत्र ।)कुण्डिननगरम् । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
 स तु वङ्ग-देशस्य दक्षिणपश्चिमे वर्त्तते अधुना वडनाग-पुर इति ख्यातः ॥
 * ॥
 यथा,  पूर्व्वनैवधे २सर्गः ।“स जयत्यरिसार्थसार्थकीकृतनामा किल भीम-भूपतिः ।यमवाप्य विदर्भभूः प्रभुं हसति द्यामपि शक्र-भर्त्तृकाम् ॥
”(यथा च रघुः । ५ । ६० ।“एको ययौ चैत्ररथप्रदेशान्सौराज्यरम्यानपरो विदर्भान् ॥
” * ॥
पुं,
   नृपविशेषः । स च ज्यामघात् शैव्यायांजातः । अस्य कुशक्रथलोमपादाः पुत्त्राः ।यथा,  भागवते । ९ । २४ । १ ।“तस्यां विदर्भोऽजनयत् पुत्त्रौ नाम्ना कुशक्रथौ ।तृतीयं रोमपादञ्च विदर्भकुलनन्दनम् ॥
”अस्य नाम्नैव विदर्भनगरी समुत्पन्ना ॥
 मुनि-विशेषः । यथा,  हरिवंशे । १६६ । ८४ ।“द्वैपायनो विदर्भश्च जैमिनिर्माठरः कठः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 विदर्भ पुंस्त्री० विगताः दर्भाः कुशायतः । देशभेदे कुण्डिन-नगरे (वडनागपुर) ।

Capeller

German

 विदर्भ m.
  N. eines Landes,  Pl. eines Volkes.

Burnouf

French

 विदर्भ विदर्भ m.
  [et f.
  आ] ville et district au S. O.
du Bengale,  répondant à peu près au Bérar. -- M. sol aride, 
désert.
विदर्भजा f.
  (जन्) Rukmiṇī
		 Damayantī
		 la
femme d'Agastya.

Stchoupak

French

 विदर्भ-
 m.
  pl.
  n.
  d'un peuple,  du pays qu'il habite (au Sud des monts
Vindhya,  mod. Berar) 
 sg. roi des V. 
 n.
  de divers personnages 
 -आ- f.
 
capitale des V. 
 n.
  d'une rivière.
°तनया- f.
  fille du roi des V.,  Damayantī.
°नगरी- f.
  capitale des V.,  Kuṇḍina.
°पति- °राज- विदर्भाधिप- m.
  roi des V.
°पुत्री- f.
  patron.  de Rukmiṇī.
विदर्भाभिमुख- a. dans la direction du V.
विदर्भी-कौण्डिन्य- m.
  n.
  d'un maître.

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