# बृहद्बल (bṛhadbala)

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बृहद्बल (bṛhadbala) is a Sanskrit word meaning having great strength, an ancient king, son of Subala, the Gandhara king, a king of Kosala, a son of Devabhaga and Kamsa, an ally of Kartavirya. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Bṛhadbala, King of Kosala (slain by Abhimanyu), Bṛhadbala (Aikṣvāku), son of Viśrutavān, Bṛhadbala (Solar Race), father of Urukṣaya.

- **SLP1:** `bfhadbala`  **IAST:** bṛhadbala  **Devanagari:** बृहद्बल
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadbala
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/brihadbala/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Bṛhadbala, King of Kosala (slain by Abhimanyu) (4 definitions)
- unknown  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadbala 3 (presumably the same as next). § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6996.—§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44 α, 1538. [ ID=1834 ]
- A king of Kosala  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadbala 4, the Kosala king. § 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1075 ( Kośalādhipatiṃ, vanquished by Bhīmasena on his digvijaya).—§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1269 (came to the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4 γ, 85 (the same?).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 57, 2250 ( Saubhadreṇa kṛto bhāgaḥ ).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūt.): V, 161, 5573 ( °mahocchālaṃ, sc. puruṣodadhiṃ, i.e. the army of Duryodhana). —§ 572 (Rathātirathas.): V, 166, 5765 ( Kauśalyo ratha- sattamaḥ ).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 16 α, 623 ( Kausalyaḥ, B.; C. has Kauravyaḥ ).—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45 3, 1683 ( Kauśalakaḥ ), 1685 (fights Abhimanyu on the first day of the battle).—§ 580 (do.): VI, 56 ε, 2410.—§ 584 (do.): VI, 81 α, 3534 ( Kauśalyaḥ ).—§ 585 (do.): VI, 87 δ, 3855 ( Kauśalyaḥ, in the array of Bhīṣma on the eighth day of the battle), 3856; 92 χ, 4118, 4136 ( rājaputraṃ ); 94 ω, 4195. —§ 587 (do.): VI, 108 α, 5007; 114 λ, 5325 ( Kauśalyaḥ ); 115, 5365 ( B. (c ) bore a lion on his standard— siṃhaketuḥ, so B.—and attacked Abhimanyu); 116, 5405 ( rājaputraṃ ), 5409 ( rājaputraḥ ).—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 37 θ, 1589, (ι) 1601 (fought Abhimanyu); 39 μ, 1650; 46 τ, 1838, (υ) 1851; 47 ϕ, 1864, 1868, 1878, 1881 ( Kośalānāṃ bhartāraṃ rājaputraṃ ), 1883 (slain by Abhimanyu).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 73, 2579 ( °ṃ rājāṇaṃ svargeṇājau prayojya, sc. Abhimanyu, all. to § 593).—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 2 ζ, 73, 92 (had been slain).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 25 κ, 715 ( Kośalānām adhipatiṃ rājaputraṃ, bewailed by his widows). Cf. Kausalya, Kausalendra, Kosalaka, Kosalānām adhipati(ḥ), Kosslānaṃ bhartṛ, Kosalarāja. [ ID=1835 ]
- the last of the Ikshvakus, son of Takshaka and father of Brihadrana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > बृहद्बल (bṛhadbala) [Printed book page 2-495 ] Bṛhadbala (I) — the last of the Ikṣvākus; son of Tak- ṣaka and father of Bṛhadraṇa; killed in battle by the father of Parīkṣit. Bhā. IX. 12. 8-9; Br. III. 74. 104. [ ID=9157 ]
- the son of Vishvabhava  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadbala (VI) — the son of Viśvabhava, killed by Abhimanyu in the Bhārata war. Vi. IV. 4. 112. [ ID=9162 ]

### Bṛhadbala (Aikṣvāku), son of Viśrutavān (1 definition)
- A son of Vishrutavan and father of Brihadkshana.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadbala (IV) — a son of Viśrutavān (Aikṣvāku), and father of Bṛhadkṣaṇa. Br. III. 63. 213; Vā. 88. 212; 99. 290: Vi. IV. 22. 2. [ ID=9160 ]

### Bṛhadbala (Solar Race), father of Urukṣaya (1 definition)
- 1. Belonging to the solar race. 2. The father of Urukshaya.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 2-496 ] Bṛhadbala (V) — of the solar race; father of Urukṣaya. M. 271. 4. [ ID=9161 ]

### Bṛhadbala, ally of Kārtavīrya (slain by Paraśurāma) (1 definition)
- an ally of Kartavirya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadbala (III) — an ally of Kārtavīrya, killed by Para- śurāma. Br. III. 39. 2, 7. [ ID=9159 ]

### Bṛhadbala, an Ancient King (general Mahābhārata reference) (1 definition)
- an ancient king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > बृहद्बल (bṛhadbala) [Printed book page 167-1 ] Bṛhadbala 1, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1 α, 230 (among the kings of the past who have died). [ ID=1832 ]

### Bṛhadbala, son of Devabhāga and Kamsā (1 definition)
- a son of Devabhaga and Kamsa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadbala (II) — a son of Devabhāga and Kamsā. Bhā. IX. 24. 40 [ ID=9158 ]

### Bṛhadbala, Son of Subala (Gāndhāra King) (1 definition)
- son of Subala, the Gandhara king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadbala 2, son of Subala, the Gāndhāra king. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 6985 ( Śakuniḥ Saubalaś caiva Vṛṣako 'tha Bṛhadbalaḥ, ete Gāndhārarājasya sutāḥ sarve samā- gatāḥ ). Cf. Acala. [ ID=1833 ]

### Etymology and General Name (1 definition)
- having great strength  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 736,3] बृहद् (bṛhad) — बल (—bala) m. ‘having great strength’, N. of two kings, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=146295.1 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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