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विपृथु (vipRthu)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि—पृथु
m.
 v.l. for वि-पथ॑,
ŚāṅkhŚr.
N.
 of a prince belonging to the Vṛṣṇis,
MBh.
of a son of Citraka and younger brother of Pṛthu,
VP.
 (w.r. पृथ).
Monier Williams 1872
English
विपृथु वि-पृथु, उस्, m., N. of a king.
Mahabharata
English
Vipṛthu^1, a Vṛshṇi prince. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6998 (came to the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).--§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I, 219, 7915.--§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 7992.--§ 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4, 125.--§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 11, 409.
Vipṛthu^2, an ancient king. § 702 (Mokshadh.): XII, 295, 10810 (after the seven ṛshis V. ruled the earth). Cf. Pṛthu.
पुराणम्
English
विपृथु / VIPṚTHU. A kṣatriya of vṛṣṇi dynasty. The following information is available about him in mahābhārata.(i) vipṛthu was present at the svayaṁvara marriage of draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 18).(ii) He participated in the festival conducted on the mountain raivata. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 218, Stanza 10).(iii) vipṛthu was a member of the group of Yādavas who took the dowry to hastināpura in the marriage between arjuna and subhadrā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Stanza 32).(iv) vipṛthu stayed in the Palace of yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 30).
विपृथु २ / VIPṚTHU II. An ancient king in india. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, śānti Parva, Chapter 294, Stanza 20, that vipṛthu had been the emperor of the world.
Vedic Reference
English
Vipṛthu in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra (xiv. 72, 3) is
apparently equivalent to the Vipatha, ‘rough cart, ’ of other
texts. It is probably a mere blunder.
Stchoupak
French
विपृथु-
m.
n.
 d'un prince de la race des Vṛṣṇi.