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सुदेष्णा (sudeSNA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सु—देष्णा (आ),
f.
N.
 of the wife of Bali,
MBh.
of the wife of Virāṭa, ib.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 सुदेष्णा
noun
राज्ञः विराटस्य पत्नी।
"सुदेष्णायाः वर्णनं महाभारते अस्ति।"
Synonyms:
 सुदेष्णा
noun
राज्ञः बलेः पत्नी।
"बलिः सुदेष्णायां स्निह्यति स्म।"
Mahabharata
English
Sudeshṇā^1, wife of the Aṅga king Bali. § 170 (Dīrghatamas): I, 104, 4211, 4216, 4217 (by Dīrghatamas, mother of Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Puṇḍra, and Suhma).
Sudeshṇā^2, wife of Virāṭa. § 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 3, 80 (rājabhāryāṃ)
9, (252), 264, (265), (278) (Draupadī served S. as a sairindhrī).--§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 14, 374, 375, 378, †383
15, 431, 432, 434, (435), 439, (440), (446)
16, 491, 497, (499), (501)
20, 604, 630, 631
24, 836, 855 (how Kīcaka (the brother of S., v. 437), fell in love with Draupadī and was slain).--§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.)
IV, 72, 2365. Cf. Kaikeyī.
पुराणम्
English
सुदेष्णा १ / SUDEṢṆĀ I. The wife of virāṭa, the King of matsya.1) General information. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 6, that this sudeṣṇā, the daughter of the King of kekaya, had the name citrā also.2) Other details. (i) During the pseudonymity, pāñcālī lived with sudeṣṇā in the guise of sairandhrī. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9).(ii) sudeṣṇā agreed to the request of kīcaka to get sairandhrī for him, as he was fascinated by her beauty. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 6).(iii) sudeṣṇā sent kīcaka to the house of sairandhrī. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 15).(iv) draupadī consoled sudeṣṇā who was miserable at the death of kīcaka. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 48).(v) sudeṣṇā asked draupadī to go away from the palace. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 24, Verse 3).(vi) In connection with the marriage of her daughter uttarā, sudeṣṇā went to upaplavya with draupadī. (M.B. virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 30).
सुदेष्णा २ / SUDEṢṆĀ II. The wife of the King bali. Five sons named aṅga, vaṅga, kaliṅga, puṇḍra and suhma were born to the hermit dīrghatamas by this queen sudeṣṇā. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 98: 30
bhāgavata, skandha 9
harivaṁśa 1, 39).
Stchoupak
French
सु-देष्णा-
f.
 femme de Virāṭa
-अ-
m.
 fils de Kṛṣṇa.