अभिमन्युabhimanyu

अभिमन्यु (abhimanyu) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a son of Manu Chakshusha, a son of Arjuna by Subhadra, of two kings of Kashmir, the son of Manu Chakshusha, the son of Arjuna by Subhadra, the name of two kings. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Son of Arjuna and Subhadrā (Mahabharata hero), A general personal name, Multiple individuals named Abhimanyu / Composite list.

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Son of Arjuna and Subhadrā (Mahabharata hero)

6 definitions

a son of Arjuna by Subhadra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The son of Arjuna by Subhadra

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Son of Arjuna

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The son of Arjuna by Subhadra

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The son of Arjuna and Subhadra, and incarnation of Varcas, son of Soma, who married Uttara and was killed in the great battle on the thirteenth day after breaking Drona's military formation.

अभिमन्यु (abhimanyu) [Printed book page 001-1]
Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna and Subhadrā, sister of Kṛṣṇa

(I, 2, 401; 63, 2449; 95, 3830; 221, 8026), is an incarna-

tion of Varcas, son of Soma (I, 67, 2748), wherefore he enters

Soma after death, after his Karman has elapsed (XVIII, 5,

165); (false) etymology of his name (I, 221, 8027); he is

the vaṃśakara of the Pāṇḍavas (I, 95, 3834). In the

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beginning of the exile of the Pāṇḍavas he is carried to

Dvārakā with his mother by Kṛṣṇa (III, 22, 895), where

he is educated and protected by Raukmiṇeya (III, 183,

12584 and 12586; cf. 235, 14733). After the elapse of

the exile he joins the Pāṇḍavas in Upaplavya with Kṛṣṇa

and Subhadrā (IV, 72; 2358, cf. 2350), and is there married

to Uttarā, daughter of king Virāṭa (I, 2, 489; IV., 72,

2355; V, 1). He fights bravely in the great battle, until he

on the 13th day, when enjoined by Yudhiṣṭhira to break

Droṇa's cakravyūha (VII, 35, 1519), is surrounded and

killed by Jayadratha and his people, leaving his wife Uttarā

with a yet unborn son, Parikṣit, the only one left to

propagate the race of the Pāṇḍavas. At first he is not

seen in Heaven by Yudhiṣṭhira (XVIII, 1, 26), but later

he is shown to him beside Soma in Heaven (XVIII, 4, 146).

§ 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 189, 190.—§ 10 (Parvas.): I, 2,

328 (°or Vairāṭyā Vaivāhikaṃ parva), 400, 489 (Saubhadram),

532+3.—§ 83l (Ādivaṃś.): I, 63, 2449.—§ 130g (Aṃśāv.):

I, 67, 2748.—§ 159 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, 3830, 3834.—

§ 253 (Haranāhar.): I, 221, 8026, 8027.—§ 321 (Saubha-

vadhop.): III, 22, 895.—§ 327 (Draupadīparit.): III, 33,

1275.—§ 402 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 120, 10279.—§ 452

(Mārkaṇḍeyasam.): III, 183, 12570, 12584—6.—§ 511

(Draupadī-Satyabhāmā-saṃv.): III, 235, 14733.—§ 553

(Vaivāhikap. 2): IV, 72, 2344, 2350, 2355, 2358.—§ 554

(Sainyody.): V, 1, 1, 5.—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 48β,

1840; 50η, 2010; 59, 2326.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.):

V, 82, 2893, 2908.—§ 569 (do.): V, 140, 4747.—§ 570

(Sainyaniryānap.): V, 151, 5144.—§ 571 (Ulūkadūt.): V,

162, 5592; 163, 5677.—§ 572 (Rathātir.): V, 170, 5880.

—§ 573 (Ambop.): V, 194, 7601.—(a) 1st day of the

battle: V, 196θ, 7629 (in the 1st detachment of Yudhi-

ṣṭhira's army), 7635 (ι).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI,

45³, 1683 (fights Bṛhadbala); 47ο²⁶, 1814 (attacks Bhīṣma;

steeds of tawny hue were yoked to his car; his standard was

adorned with pure gold and resembled a karṇikāra tree);

48κ³⁶, 1963 (assists Śveta against Bhīṣma), 1970.—(b) 2nd

day of the battle: VI, 50π, 2082 (placed in the wings

of Dhṛṣṭadyumna's krauñcavyūha).—§ 579 (do.): VI, 52α,

2150 (assists Arjuna against Bhīṣma); 55¹⁷, 2368 (fights

Lakṣmaṇa).—(c) 3rd day: § 580 (do.): VI, 56θ, 2418

(is placed in the midst of Arjuna's ardhacandravyūha); 58⁴,

2468 (fights the Gāndhāras), 2470 (receives Sātyaki in his

chariot).—(d) 4th day: § 581 (do.): VI, 60, 2673 (assists

his father against Bhīṣma); 62⁵, 2728 (attacks Śalya),

2733, 2744; 63ι, 2789 (assists Bhīmasena); 64¹³, 2833,

2854 (assists Bhīmasena against Bhagadatta).—(e) 5th day:

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§ 582 (do.): VI, 69α⁶, 3081 (assists Bhīmasena against

Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and Śalya); 73^11—12, 3233 (fights Lakṣ-

maṇa).—(f) 6th day: § 583 (do.): VI, 77λ, 3394 (leads

the Kaikeyāḥ, etc.), 3396, 3399, 3407 (receives Pārṣata, i.e.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna, in his chariot); 78¹¹, 3425 (is sent with eleven

others to follow Bhīmasena), 3430, 3433 (fights Vikarṇa);

79ν¹³, 3470 (fights together with the Kaikeyas, etc.), 3471,

3474 (fights Vikarṇa).—(g) 7th day: § 584 (do.): VI,

84, 3736 (fights Citrasena, Vikarṇa, and Durmarṣaṇa),

3739.—(h) 8th day: § 585 (do.): VI, 87θ, 3867 (is placed

in Dhṛṣṭadyumna's Śṛṅgāṭakavyūha); 89ο, 3950; 94,

4188 (assists Bhīmasena against Duryodhana at the head of

the Pāṇḍavas), 4209; 95 (δδ, εε), 4254 (fights Bhaga-

datta), 4271, 4308; 96, 4340 (is attacked by Ambaṣṭaka),

4360.—(i) 9th day: § 586 (do.): VI, 99ζ, 4512; 100η,

4530, 4539; 101, 4591—2 (fights Alambuṣa), 4598, 4603,

4607.—(j) 10th day: § 587 (do.): VI, 109ε, 5074;

110 (+ζ), 5107 (attacks Bhīṣma, fights Sudakṣiṇa); 111,

5157; 112θ, 5234 (defends Yudhiṣṭhira); [115d, 5365:

karṇikāradhvajañ caiva siṃhaketum—B.: °tur—arindama|

pratyujjagama Saubhadraṃ rājaputro Bṛhadbalaḥ]; 116, 5378

(fights Duryodhana); 118υ-ϕ, 5560 (attacks Bhīṣma);

119ω, 5588 (defends Arjuna with six others).—(k) 11th

day: § 589 (Droṇābhiṣek.): VII, 10κ, 354.—§ 590 (do.):

VII, 14, 545 (fights Paurava, i.e. Lakṣmaṇa).—(l) 12th

day: § 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 23ο-π, 983 (his

horses are reddish, piśaṅgāḥ), 1036 (his standard is Śārṅga-

pakṣī hiraṇmayaḥ, “a golden śārṅga fowl”).—(m) 13th

day: § 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 33, 1471 (is

said to have broken Droṇa's Cakravyūha); 34α, 1489, 1492;

35 (δ), 1519 (is charged with piercing the array of Droṇa),

1522, 1524; 36, 1539, 1542, 1549; 37, 1587, 1588—9,

1604, 1607, 1611; 39, 1649, 1655, 1673—4; 40, 1677,

1699, 1701, 1703, 1706; 41[-43], 1715, 1717, 1720, 1722,

1739—40; 44, 1788, 1790, 1800; 45[-46] (uses the

Gāndharva weapon), 1804, 1806, 1814; 47, 1863; 48,

1909, 1925—6; 49, 1930, 1959 (slain by Duḥśāsana's son);

50, 1981; 51, 1984.—§ 594 (do.): VII, 54, 2130 (he has

disappeared in the lunar essence).—§ 595 (do.): VII, 71,

2462, 2467 (has attained to that eternal goal which is

attained by yogins).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 72, 2496,

2533, 2546, 2553, 2557—8; 74, 2616; 75, 2655; 78,

2745.—§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 85, 3010, 3059.—

§ 599 (do.): VII, 143θθθ, 5994.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkaca-

vadhap.): VII, 183, 8334.—§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII,

191, 8798.—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5, 114; 6, 159.—

§ 608 (do.) αα: VIII, 50, 2406; 73, 3658 (has killed

Jayatsena), 3710; 74, 3789; 91, 4758.—§ 610 (Śalyap.):

IX, 5, 251, 260.—§ 613 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 32δ, 1871—2,

1874.—§ 615 (do.): IX, 61, 3434.—§ 618 (Jalapradān.):

XI, 12, 321.—§ 619 (Strīvilāp.): XI, 16α, 447, 454; 20,

570, 601.—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26β, 787; 27, 821.—

§ 630 (Rājadh.): XII, 27β, 799, 818.—§ 637 (do.): XII,

42γ, 1489.—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 61δ, 1810, 1837;

62, 1855, 1857 (°vinākṛtāḥ); 66, 1956—7; 67, 1970—2,

1978; 68, 1996, 2007; 69, 2028 (“Abhimanyu's son,” i.e.

Parikṣit); 72, 2101 (“the father of A.,” i.e. Arjuna); 78,

2288 (A°'s son Parikṣit).—§ 788 (Āśramavāsap.): XV,

21α, 587; 25γ, 670 (°or bhāryā, i.e. Uttarā).—§ 795

(Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 1δ, 26; 4κ, 143 (Saubhadraṃ);

5μ, 165 (being Soma's son Varcas, he entered Soma).—

Cf. Ārjuni, Saubhadra, Kārṣṇi, Arjunātmaja, Arjunāvara,

Phālguni, Śakrātmajātmaja.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A son of Arjuna and Subhadra, husband of Uttara, and father of Parikshit, famous for his valor in the Mahabharata war where he was killed by Saindhava.

— The Purana Index

A general personal name

2 definitions

a proper name

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a man's name

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Multiple individuals named Abhimanyu / Composite list

2 definitions

1. A son of the Manu Chakshusha. 2. A son of Arjuna by Subhadra. 3. A king of Orissa. 4. A king of Kashmir.

— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The son of Manu Chakshusha. 2. The son of Arjuna by Subhadra. 3. The name of two kings.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Son of Manu Cākṣuṣa

2 definitions

name of a son of Manu Chakshusha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Chakshusha Manu

— The Purana Index

A sage

1 definition

a sage of the second Savarna epoch

— The Purana Index

King(s) of Kashmir

1 definition

of two kings of Kashmir

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Son of Manu and Naḍvalā/Navalā

1 definition

a son of Manu and Nadvala

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.