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विदूरथ (vidUratha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विदूरथ
m.
 (perhaps for विदूर-रथ)
N.
 of a Muni,
VarBṛS.
of a son of the 12th Manu,
Hariv.
of a king, ib.
of a descendant of Vṛṣṇi,
MBh.
of a son of Kuru, ib.
of a son of Bhajamāna and father of Śūra,
Hariv.
Pur.
of a son of Su-ratha and father of Ṛkṣa (Sārvabhauma), ib.
of a son of Citra-ratha,
BhP.
of the father of Su-nīti and Su-mati,
MārkP.
&c.
of a man who was killed by his wife
cf.
Kām.
 vii, 54
Vās.
 , Introd.,
p.
 53.
Monier Williams 1872
English
विदूरथ विदूरथ, अस्, m., N. of a king
(a son of Su-ratha)
of a son of Bhajamāna.
Macdonell
English
विदूरथ vidūratha,
m.
 frequent N.
L R Vaidya
English
vidUraTa {% m. %} Name of a king.
Mahabharata
English
Vidūratha^1 (B., Vidūra), son of Kuru and Śubhāṅgī. § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3792, ††3793 (husband of Supriyā and father of Anaśvan).
Vidūratha^2, a Vṛshṇi prince. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6999 (among the Vṛshṇis present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).--§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I, 219, 7915.-§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 11, 408.--§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 5, 162 (among those who, after death, became deities).
पुराणम्
English
विदूरथ १ / VIDŪRATHA I. A king of the vṛṣṇi dynasty. Information got from mahābhārata about this king is given below.(i) vidūratha also was present at the svayaṁvara marriage of draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 19).(ii) In mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 10, mention is made that the brightness of this king increased after his participation in the festival conducted on mount raivata.(iii) vidūratha was one of the seven famous and mighty kings of the yadu dynasty. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 60, Stanza 14).(iv) vidūratha was a close friend of Śiśupāla, Śālva, jarāsandha and so on. jarāsandha employed this vidūratha as the guardian of the Eastern entrance of the city of mathurā. When śrī kṛṣṇa killed his brother dantavaktra, Śālva, Śiśupāla and others, vidūratha ran to take revenge on kṛṣṇa. But he was killed by śrī kṛṣṇa. (bhāgavata, skandha 10).(v) It is mentioned in mahābhārata, Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 16, that after death he joined the viśvadevas.
विदूरथ २ / VIDŪRATHA II. A king of the pūru dynasty. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 49, Stanza 75, that ṛkṣavān hid the son of this king in a mountain and saved him from the kṣatriya-extermination of paraśurāma and at that time spotted leopards brought up this child.
विदूरथ ३ / VIDŪRATHA III. A king who was the friend of the hermit Bhalanda. This king had two sons named sunīti and sumati and a daughter named Mudāvatī. One day while vidūratha was hunting in the forest, he saw a cleavage on the earth caused by the yawning of Kujṛmbhāsura. The king stood there for a while looking at the cleavage. Then the hermit suvrata who had been standing close by approached the king and said. “This asura kujṛmbha has a divine pestle with him. Because of the possession of this pestle he has become invincible and is a threat to the whole world.”
vidūratha, who knew everything from suvrata, lived cautiously. One day his daughter was carried away by this Kujṛmbhāsura. sunīti and sumati confronted the asura to rescue their sister but were made captives. Finally Vatsapri, the son of the hermit Bhalanda killed the rākṣasa (giant) and liberated princess Mudāvatī. (mārkaṇḍeya purāṇa, Chapter 113).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
विदूरथः,
पुं,
 राजविशेषः । यथा, --“मनोस्तु दक्षपुत्त्रस्य द्वादशस्यात्मजान् शृणु ।देववानुपदेवश्च देवश्रेष्ठो विदूरथः ॥
मित्रवान् मित्रदेवश्च मित्रविन्दश्च वीर्य्यवान् ।मित्रवाहः सवर्च्चाश्च दक्षपुत्त्रमनोः सुताः ॥
”इति गारुडे ८७ अध्यायः ॥
(कुरुपुत्त्रः । यथा, महाभारते । १ । ९५ ।३९ -- ४० ।“कुरुः खलु दाशार्हीमुपयेमे सुभाङ्गीं नामतस्यामस्य जज्ञे विदूरथः । विदूरथस्तु माधवी-मुपयेमे संप्रियां नाम तस्यामस्य जज्ञे अनश्वानाम ॥
” * ॥
वृष्णिवंशीयानामन्यतमः । यथा, भागवते । ९ । २४ । १८ ।“पृथुर्विदूरथाद्याश्च बहवो वृष्णिनन्दनाः ॥
”अस्य पूत्त्रः शूरः । यथा, तत्रैव । ९ । २४ । २६ ।“शूरो विदूरथादासीत् भजमानस्तु तत्सुतः ।शिनिस्तस्मात् स्वयं भोजो हृदिकस्तत्सुतोमतः ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
विदूरथ
पु०
 १ द्वादशमनोः पुत्रभेदे २ पौरवे नृपभेदे विष्णुपु० ३२ अ०
Stchoupak
French
विदूरथ-
m.
n.
 d'un roi
de divers autres personnages.