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सुधन्वा (sudhanvA)

 
Wordnet Sanskrit

Synonyms

सुधन्वा

(Noun)

पौराणिकः

राजा।

"सत्यवती

सुधन्वनः

पुत्री

आसीत्।"

Synonyms

विश्वकर्मा,

त्वष्टा,

सुधन्वा,

रूपपति,

रूपकृत्,

इन्द्रद्रोही,

कारुः,

तक्षकः,

भौमनः,

प्रजापतिः,

रूपकर्ता,

मतीश्वरः

(Noun)

शिल्पशास्त्रस्य

आविष्कर्ता

तथा

प्रथमः

आचार्यः।

"विश्वकर्मा

देवतानां

शिल्पी

आसीत्।"

Purana English

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

I.

A

guard

of

the

ends

of

the

quarters.

In

the

beginning

of

creation

brahmā

made

four

guards

of

the

four

ends.

They

were

sudhanvā

in

the

East,

Śaṅkhapāda

in

the

South,

ketumān

in

the

West

and

Hiraṇyaromā

in

the

North.

(

agni

purāṇa,

Chapter

19

).

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

II.

Son

of

hermit

aṅgiras.

Some

information

gathered

from

ṛgveda

and

mahābhārata

is

given

below.(

i

)

There

arose

a

contest

between

sudhanvā

and

virocana,

the

son

of

prahlāda

for

marrying

the

damsel

keśinī.

(

For

detailed

story

see

under

keśinī

V

).(

ii

)

This

hermit

visited

bhīṣma

in

his

bed

of

arrows.

(

M.B.

anuśāsana

parva,

Chapter

26,

Verse

7

).(

iii

)

sudhanvā

was

the

eighth

son

of

aṅgiras.

(

iv

)

It

is

stated

in

mahābhārata,

anuśāsana

parva,

Chapter

86,

Verse

24,

that

this

sudhanvā

gave

subrahmaṇya

a

chariot,

in

the

battle

between

the

devas

and

the

asuras.(

v

)

sudhanvā

had

three

sons

called

ṛbhu,

vibhvā

and

vāja.

(

ṛgveda,

Maṇḍala

1,

Anuvāka

16,

Sūkta

111

).

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

III.

A

great

warrior

who

fought

against

the

pāṇḍavas

in

the

battle

of

kurukṣetra.

He

was

killed

by

arjuna.

(

M.B.

droṇa

parva,

Chapter

18,

Verse

42

).

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

IV.

A

sudhanvā

who

was

the

son

of

drupada,

is

mentioned

in

mahābhārata,

droṇa

parva,

Chapter

23,

Verse

44.

This

warrior

sided

with

the

pāṇḍavas

in

the

battle

of

kurukṣetra

and

fought

against

the

kauravas.

When

his

brother

vīraketu

was

killed,

he

and

his

brothers

joined

together

and

attacked

droṇa.

In

that

fight

droṇa

killed

sudhanvā.

(

M.B.

droṇa

parva,

Chapter

122,

Verse

45

).

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

V.

An

ancient

King

of

bhārata.

A

story

that

King

māndhātā

defeated

this

sudhanvā

in

battle,

occurs

in

Mahā

bhārata,

droṇa

parva,

Chapter

62

सुधन्वा

/

SUDHANVĀ

VI.

A

King

of

sāṅkāśya.

This

King

surrounded

the

city

of

mithilā

and

sent

word

that

unless

the

bow

of

śiva

and

the

princess

sītā

were

given

to

him

he

would

kill

janaka,

who

subsequently

fought

a

battle

with

him.

In

this

battle

sudhanvā

was

killed.

sāṅkāśya,

the

kingdom

of

sudhanvā

was

given

to

kuśadhvaja

by

his

brother

janaka.

(

vālmīki

rāmāyaṇa,

Bāla

Kāṇḍa,

sarga

71

).

Kalpadruma Sanskrit

सुधन्वा,

[

न्

]

त्रि,

(

सुष्ठु

धनुर्यस्य

धनुषश्चेत्य-नङ्

)

प्रीडधानुष्कः

इति

मेदिनी

(

यथा,

वाजसनेयसोहतायाम्

१६

३६

।“नमस्तीक्ष्णेषवे

चायुधिने

नमः

स्वायुधायचसुधन्वने

)

सुधन्वा,

[

न्

]

पुंलिङ्गम्

(

सुष्ठु

धनुर्यस्य

)

विश्वकर्म्मा

।इति

मेदिना

राजविशेषः

इति

पुराणम्

(

यथा,

हरिवशे

१२

१०

।“सम्भूतस्य

दायादः

सुधन्वा

रिपुमर्द्दनः

।सुधन्वनः

सुतश्चासीत्

त्रिधन्वा

नाम

पार्थिवः

”विदुरः

यथा,

भागवते

२१

३५

।“तास्मन्

सुधन्वन्नहनि

भगवान्

यत्

समा-दिशत्

।उपादायाश्रमपदं

मुनेः

शान्तव्रतस्य

तत्

)