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सुभद्रा (subhadrA)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
सुभद्रा subhadrA
f.
 form of durgA
सुभद्रा subhadrA
f.
 particular zruti
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सु—भद्रा (आ),
f.
N.
 of various well-known plants (e.g. Ichnocarpus Frutescens
Curcuma Zedoaria
Prosopis Spicigera
&c.
 ),
L.
(in music) a partic. Śruti,
Saṃgīt.
a form of Durgā,
Hcat.
N.
 of a younger sister of Kṛṣṇa and wife of Arjuna (she was forcibly carried off by Arjuna from Dvārakā wish Kṛṣṇa's permission, as described in
MBh.
 i, ch. 219
220
her image is borne in procession with those of Jagannātha and Bala-rāma),
MBh.
Hariv.
&c.
of a wife of Durgama,
MārkP.
of a daughter of Balin and wife of Avīkṣita, ib.
of a grand daughter of Rukmin and wife of Aniruddha,
VP.
of a daughter of the Asura Su-māya,
Kathās.
of a mythical cow,
MBh.
of a poetess,
Cat.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
सुभद्रा
स्त्री*
 सु-भद्रा -
बलराम और कृष्ण की बहन का नाम जिसका विवाह अर्जुन के साथ हुआ था । उससे अभिमन्यु नाम का पुत्र पैदा हुआ
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
सुभद्रा a poetess. Sbhv. Mentioned also in Subhāṣi-
tamuktāvalī.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Subhadrā,
(1) n. of a householderʼs daughter: Gv 〔52.1〕
(2) n. of a yoginī: Sādh 〔427.6〕
(3) n. of a yakṣiṇī: Sādh 〔561.2〕
〔562.4〕.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 गम्भारी, सर्वतोभद्रा, काश्मरी, मधुपर्णिका, श्रीपर्णी, भद्रपर्णी, कार्श्मरी, भद्रा, गोपभद्रिका, कुमुदा, सदाभद्रा, कट्फला, कृष्णवृन्तिका, कृष्णवृन्ता, हीरा, सर्वतोभद्रिका, स्निग्धपर्णी, सुभद्रा, कम्भारी, गोपभद्रा, विदारिणी, क्षीरिणी, महाभद्रा, मधुपर्णी, स्वरुभद्रा, कृष्णा, अश्वेता, रोहिणी, गृष्टिः, स्थूलत्वचा, मधूमती, सुफला, मेदिनी, महाकुमुदा, सुदृढत्वचा
noun
दृढकाष्ठयुक्तः वृक्षविशेषः यस्य पर्णानि पिप्पलवृक्षस्य पर्णानाम् इव भवन्ति।
"गम्भार्याः काष्ठेन निर्मितः पटहः उत्तमः आसीत्।"
Synonyms:
 सुभद्रा, चित्रा
noun
अर्जुनस्य पत्नी।
"सुभद्रा कृष्णस्य बलरामस्य च भगिनी आसीत्।"
Mahabharata
English
Subhadrā^1, daughter of Vasudeva, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Abhimanyu. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, †149.--§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 400, 401, 428.--§ 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2273 (anujāṃ Vāsudevasya), 2274 (all. to § 252).--§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2449 (Abhimanyuḥ Sºāyām Arjunād abhyajāyata, cf. § 253).--§ 159 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3830 (bhaginīṃ Vāsudevasya, by Arjuna, mother of Abhimanyu).--§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I, 219, 7919 (only C., B. has Bhadrāṃ), 7922 (Sāraṇasya sahodarā)
220, 7936, 7938, 7939, 7959 (S. is ravished by Arjuna).--§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 7968, 7980, 8004 (the nuptials of Arjuna and S.), 8025 (Keśavasya priyāsvasā, mother of Abhimanyu (Saubhadraṃ)), 8026.--§ 254 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 222, 8072.--§ 262 (Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 25 (Bhadrāṃ).--§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 24, 977.--§ 292 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 45, 1618.--§ 321 (Saubhavadhap.): III, 22, 895 (Kṛshṇa brought S. and Abhimanyu to Dvārakā).--§ 356 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 80, 4018 (all. to § 252).--§ 452 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 183, †12570, †12583.--§ 511 (Draupadī-Satyabhāmāsaṃv.): III, 235, 14733.--§ 552 (Arjuna): IV, 49, 1536 (all. to § 252), --§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35, 1533 (jātaḥ Sºayā, sc. Abhimanyu)
51, 1989, 1991 (Abhimanyu is slain).-§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 72, 2501 (ºāyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ, i.e. Abhimanyu), 2528 (ºāyāñ ca sambhūtaḥ = do.), 2532, 2533
77, 2714 (consoled by Kṛshṇa)
78, 2732, 2766, 2770 (do.).--§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 127, 5167
143, 6013 (ºāyāḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Abhimanyu).--§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 20, 582.--§ 783 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 52, 1505 (ºādayaḥ…Bharatānāṃ striyaḥ), †1532 (accompanied Kṛshṇa to Dvārakā).--§ 785 (do.): XIV, 61, 1812, 1818, 1832 (svasā mama), 1840, 1848 (S.'s grief)
66, 1939 (accompanied Kṛshṇa) (), 1948, (), 1953
67, 1965
70, 2038
88, 2605, 2606.--§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1, 9.--§ 788 (do.): XV, 21, 590 (hataputrā).--§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 29, 784 (Kṛshṇabhaginī), (), 801, (), 807 (Kṛshṇasya bhaginī).--§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 7. Cf. also the following synonyms: Abhimanyujananī (the mother of Abhimanyu): VIII, 4488. Bhadrā: I, 7919 (only B., C. has Subhadrāṃ), 7982 (read ºā with B.), 7983, 7985
II, 25 (Sº)
VIII, 1250 (all. to § 252)
XV, 471. Mādhavī, Sātvatātmajā, Sātvatī, Vārshneyī, Vāsudevasahodarā Vasudevasutā, Yādavī, Yadunandanī, q.v.
Subhadrā^2, name of a, cow. § 564 (Mātalīyop.): V, 102, 3610 (paścimā Vāruṇī dik ca dhāryate vai Sºayā).
पुराणम्
English
सुभद्रा १ / SUBHADRĀ I. Sister of śrī kṛṣṇa.1) Birth. subhadrā was the daughter of vasudeva by his wife devakī. She had two brothers, kṛṣṇa and sāraṇa and she was her father's pet child. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 217, Verse 18).2) Married to arjuna. During his one year's pilgrimage arjuna, after visiting various holy places, came at last to prabhāsa tīrtha in the plains of the western mountain. He met gada there who described to him the unique beauty of subhadrā. The description evoked in him the desire to marry her for which purpose he assumed the form of a Sannyāsin and sitting under a tree thought about śrī kṛṣṇa who understood the fact while lying on the bed with satyabhāmā and immediately he began laughing. Asked for the reason for his laughing thus, śrī kṛṣṇa told her about arjuna thinking about him etc. kṛṣṇa then went to arjuna and questioned him about the reason for his pilgrimage and the latter explained the circumstances of it. They then went to the raivata mountain where arjuna revealed to kṛṣṇa his desire to marry subhadrā. kṛṣṇa agreed and, after leaving arjuna at the mountain, returned to dvārakā.
Within a few days the Yādavas celebrated a festival at raivata attended by prominent leaders like balabhadra, ugrasena, pradyumna, śrī kṛṣṇa and others. The sight of subhadrā among them evoked uncontrollable love in arjuna who asked kṛṣṇa secretly about the means for him to marry subhadrā. kṛṣṇa answered him thus: “Svayaṁvara (marriage by self choice by a woman) is ordained for Kṣatriyas. But, how would we know whom subhadrā loves. Abduction also is ordained for Kṣatriyas. So you abduct subhadrā.”
arjuna immediately sent word about the matter through emissaries to indraprastha. After the festival at raivata was over, subhadrā returned to dvārakā. As for arjuna, he sat on a rock in the forest thinking about subhadrā when yādava heroes like bala, sāmba, sāraṇa, pradyumna and gada came that way by chance. They saluted the Sannyāsin (arjuna) and after blessing them he made them sit on the rock around him and related to them various stories. Then Yādavas felt great respect for the Sannyāsin and invited him and took him to dvārakā. kṛṣṇa and others arranged for the stay of the Sannyāsin, who pretended to spend cāturmāsya there. He was to be fed from Subhadrā's house and the Sannyāsin was overwhelmed with joy.
As days passed on thus, arjuna grew more and more sick with love. subhadrā felt unbounded affection for him. She heard from him many stories about the valiant Pāṇḍava, arjuna. When he was convinced that subhadrā cherished strong love for him, arjuna revealed the truth about him. When he told her that he, the fake Sannyāsin, was really arjuna who was living there without the knowledge of his mother and brothers, subhadrā bent down her head in shyness.
Subhadrā's wedding was decided to be held on the twelfth day from that date. balabhadra and uddhava both of them short-tempered, were not informed about the decision. śrī kṛṣṇa took the lead in making preparations for the wedding and he saw subhadrā and gave {??} all good wishes.
Many of the yādava chiefs wanted subhadrā to be wedded to duryodhana, a disciple of balabhadra and against this desire of theirs subhadrā and arjuna together drove themselves away in a chariot through lines of people and this created a stir among the Yādavas. But, kṛṣṇa pacified them all. (Ādi Parva, Chapters 213-228
bhāgavata, 10th skandha).2) Other information. (i) Later on, the wedding of subhadrā with arjuna was duly consecrated. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 10).(ii) arjuna came to indraprastha with subhadrā disguised as a Gopī. Many costly things, by way of Subhadrā's dowry, were duly sent from dvārakā to indraprastha. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 220).(iii) A son named abhimanyu was born to the couple. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 65).(iv) During the period of the ‘forest life’ of the pāṇḍavas subhadrā and her son lived with kṛṣṇa at dvārakā (Vana Parva, Chapter 22, Verse 3).(v) subhadrā too was present at the wedding of abhimanyu at Upaplavyanagara. (virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72 Verse 22).(vi) When abhimanyu was killed in the great war, subhadrā wept before kṛṣṇa. (droṇa parva, Chapter 78, Verse 2).(vii) Following the death of abhimanyu subhadrā returned with kṛṣṇa to dvārakā. (aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 85).(viii) Remembering about Abhimanyu's death subhadrā swooned. (aśvamedha Parva Chapter 61, Verse 4).(ix) She went from dvārakā to hastināpura to attend the aśvamedha yajña performed by yudhiṣṭhira (aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 4).(x) subhadrā joined her co-wives, ulūpī and citrāṅgadā and embraced them. (aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 3).(xi) Following the death of abhimanyu subhadrā spent her days in sad silence. (Mahāprasthāna Parva, Chapter 1).
सुभद्रा २ / SUBHADRĀ II. A daughter of surabhi. She lives in the western region. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 102 Verse 9).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
सुभद्रा,
स्त्री,
 (शोभनं भद्रमस्याः ।) श्यामालता ।इति शब्दमाला ॥
(अस्याः पर्य्यायो यथा, --“कालपेषी महाश्यामा सुभद्रोत्पलशारिवा ।दीर्घमूला च पालिन्दी मसूरविदला च सा ॥
”इति वैद्यकरत्नमालायाम् ॥
)घृतमण्डा । इति शब्दचन्द्रिका ॥
काश्मरी ।इति राजनिर्घण्टः ॥
श्रीकृष्णभगिनी । सा चअर्ज्जुनभार्य्या । यथा, --श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।“ममैषा भगिनी पार्थ सारणस्थ सहोदरा ।सुभद्रा नाम भद्रं ते पितुर्मे दयिता सुता ।यदि ते वर्त्तते बुद्धिर्व्वक्ष्यामि पितरं स्वयम् ॥
अर्ज्जुन उवाच ।दुहिता वसुदेवस्य वासुदेवस्य च स्वसा ।रूपेण चैषा सम्पन्ना कमिवैषा न मोहयेत् ॥
निवृत्तश्चार्ज्जुनस्तत्र विवाहं कृतवान् प्रभुः ।पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे खाण्डवप्रस्थमागतः ॥
”इति महाभारते आदिपर्व्वणि २२१ अध्यायः(पीठस्थानस्थदेवीविशेषः । यथा, देवीभाग-वते । ७ । ३० । ७५ ।“उत्पलावर्त्तके लोला सुभद्रा शोणसङ्गमे ॥
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