# बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha)

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बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) is a Sanskrit word meaning a powerful hero, the name of several men, of Indra, a sacrificial vessel, a particular mantra, a part of the Sama-veda. Its 32 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Other Specific Kings, Individuals, or Mentions of Bṛhadratha, King Bṛhadratha of Magadha, Father of Jarāsandha, A generic name for men.

- **SLP1:** `bfhadraTa`  **IAST:** bṛhadratha  **Devanagari:** बृहद्रथ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadratha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/brihadratha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** बृहद्रथा (bṛhadrathā)

## Meanings by context

### Other Specific Kings, Individuals, or Mentions of Bṛhadratha (17 definitions)
- an ancient king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) [Printed book page 167-2 ] Bṛhadratha 1, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 228 (among the kings of the past who have died).—§ 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 320 (in the palace of Yama). [ ID=1845 ]
- A king who was an incarnation of the Asura Sookshma, also mentioned as a prince present at the Swayamvara of Draupadi.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 2. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2654 (a king, incarnate of the Asura Sūkṣma).—§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 7001 (the same?, among the princes who were present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī). [ ID=1846 ]
- Brihadratha  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 5. § 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 195, 7612 ( Kauśalyaḥ; is not to be read Bṛhadbalaḥ? ). [ ID=1849 ]
- a king slain by Mandhatri  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 6, a king slain by Māndhātṛ. § 595 (Ṣoḍaśarāj. v. Māndhātṛ): VII, 62 α, 2281.—§ 632 b (Ṣoḍaśarājop., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 981 ( Aṅgaṃ? ). [ ID=1850 ]
- An Anga king and descendant of Puru.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 7 = Paurava, the Aṅga king. § 632 (Ṣoḍaśa- rājop., cf. § 595 under the article Paurava): XII, 29, 924 ( Aṅgaṃ ). [ ID=1851 ]
- a son of Devarata and father of Mahavirya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) [Printed book page 2-497 ] Bṛhadratha (I) — a son of Devarāta and father of Mahā- vīrya. Bhā. IX. 13. 15. [ ID=9172 ]
- a son of Timi and father of Sudasa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (III) — a son of Timi and father of Sudāsa. Bhā. IX. 22. 43. [ ID=9174 ]
- a son of Prithulaksha and father of Brihanmanas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (IV) — a son of Pṛthulākṣa and father of Bṛhanmanas. Bhā. IX. 23. 11. [ ID=9175 ]
- 1. The Maurya son of Shatadhanvan. 2. A king who ruled for seven years and was killed by his commander Pushpamitra.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (V) — (the Maurya) son of Śatadhanvan; ruled for seven (seventy- M. P. ) years; killed by his comman- der Puṣpamitra. Bhā. XII. 1. 15 and [1]; Br. III. 74. 148-150; M. 272. 23; Vā. 99. 337; Vi. IV. 24. 31. [ ID=9176 ]
- a son of Jayadratha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (VII) — a son of Jayadratha. M. 48. 101. [ ID=9178 ]
- a son of Brihatputra and father of Satyakarma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (VIII) — a son of Bṛhatputra and father of Satyakarma. M. 48. 107. [ ID=9179 ]
- a son of Sambhava  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 2-498 ] Bṛhadratha (IX) — a son of Sambhava. M. 50. 31. [ ID=9180 ]
- a son of Tigma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (X) — a son of Tigma, and father of Vasu- dāsa. M. 50. 85; Vi. IV. 21. 13. [ ID=9181 ]
- 1. Killed Jarasandha. 2. Received the divine chariot of Rudra from Indra.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (XI) — killed Jarāsandha; got the divine chariot of Rudra from Indra. Vā. 93. 27; 99. 294. [ ID=9182 ]
- a son of Brihadkarma and Yasodevi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (XII) — a son of Bṛhadkarma and Yaso- devī. Vā. 99. 110, 171. [ ID=9183 ]
- 1. Son of Bhadraratha and father of Brihadkarma. 2. The Ikshvaku line of kings originating from him.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (XIII) — son of Bhadraratha and father of Bṛhadkarma; 1 the Ikṣvāku line of kings originating from him. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vi. IV. 18. 22.] [ Footnote: 2) Vā. 99. 281.] [ ID=9184 ]
- mentioned in the Rigveda  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) [Printed book page 2-072 ] Bṛhad-ratha is mentioned twice in the Rigveda, 1 in both cases beside Navavāstva. The name may thus be an epithet of Navavāstva. [ Footnote: 1) i. 36, 18; x. 49, 6. Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 147, 148.] [ ID=2190 ]

### King Bṛhadratha of Magadha, Father of Jarāsandha (3 definitions)
- 1. An epithet of Indra. 2. Name of a king and father of Jarasandha.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) [Printed book page 511-24 ] बृहत् - रथ (bṛhat-ratha) m. 1. an epithet of Indra; 2. name of a king, father of Jarāsandha. [ ID=26720 ]
- a king of Magadha  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 3, a Māgadha king. § 74 (Vasu): I, 63, 2363 ( mahāratho Māgadhānāṃ viśruto yo B°ḥ, son of king Vasu Uparicara).—§ 275 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 17, 688 ( Magadhādhipatiḥ, father of Jarāsandha), 701, 725; 19, 742, 755 ( Magadhādhipatiḥ, installed Jarāsandha as king), 757.— § 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 21, 812 ( B. had slain a rākṣasa named Ṛhabha and made three drums of his hide); 22, 877 (the same?, had met with destruction); 24, 950 (his celestial chariot). § 638 b (Rāmopākhyāna); XII, 49, 1797 ( B°o mahātejā bhūribhūtipariṣkṛtaḥ | golāṅgū- lair mahābhāgo Gṛdhrakūṭe 'bhirakṣitaḥ; PCR. is hardly right in connecting this verse with the preceding). Cf. Bṛhadratha 1. [ ID=1847 ]
- A son of Uparicara Vasu and father of Kushagra, also known as Jarasandha.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (II) — a son of Uparicara Vasu and father of Kuśāgra by one wife; through another two parts were born and they were cast away by the mother; Jarā picked them up saying ‘live, live,’ and sported with them; he was Jarā- sandha. Bhā. IX. 22. 5-8; M. 50. 27, 31-2; Vā. 99. 221; Vi. IV. 19. 81-2. [ ID=9173 ]

### A generic name for men (2 definitions)
- the name of several men  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( बृहद् - (bṛhad-) ), N. of sev. men, Ṛg-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=146317 ]
- a man's name  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) m. a man's name. [ ID=22249 ]

### A powerful hero / Great charioteer (2 definitions)
- a powerful hero  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 736,3] बृहद् (bṛhad) — रथ (—ratha) m. a powerful hero, Ṛg-veda (Title) [ ID=146316 ]
- a great hero  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) [Printed book page 366 ] 1 बृहद्रथ (bṛhadratha) m. a great hero. [ ID=22248 ]

### The Bṛhadratha dynasty of Magadha (2 definitions)
- 1. The Magadha king of the Jarasandha line and Sahadeva family whose twenty-two descendants ruled for one thousand years. 2. A lineage succeeded by Virahantas.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadratha (VI) — the Magadha king of the Jarāsan- dha line and of Sahadeva family; twenty-two kings of the line ruled for 1000 years; succeeded by Vīrahantas. Br. III. 74. 107-21. [ ID=9177 ]
- a dynasty of thirty-two kings of Magadha who ruled from Girivraja for a thousand years  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Bṛhadrathas — the kings of Magadha with Girivraja as capital; 32 in number, and ruled altogether for 1000 years; these are Somādhi, Śrutaśrava, Apratīpi, Niramitra, Surakṣa, Bṛhatkarma, Senājit, Samprayāta, Śrutamjaya, Vibhu, Śuci, Kṣema, Anuvrata, Sunetra, Nirvṛti, Trinetra, Dyumatsena. Mahīnetra, Acala and Ripuñjaya; Pulaka killed this king and installed his son, Bālaka on the throne. M. 271. 17, 29-30; 272. 1. [ ID=9185 ]

### A part of the Sāma-veda (1 definition)
- 1. a part of the Sama-veda 2. a lexicographer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a part of the Sāma-veda, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=146321 ]

### A sacrificial vessel (1 definition)
- a sacrificial vessel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a sacrificial vessel, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=146319 ]

### A specific Mantra (1 definition)
- a particular mantra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. Mantra, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=146320 ]

### An Agni (fire entity) (1 definition)
- a name of a fire  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bṛhadratha 4, a fire? § 491 (Āṅgirasa): III, 220, 14164 (father of Pranidhi). Cf. Vāsiṣṭha. [ ID=1848 ]

### An epithet/name of Indra (1 definition)
- of Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Indra, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=146318 ]

### Name of a river (Bṛhadrathā) (1 definition)
- Name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 736,3] बृहद् (bṛhad) — रथा (—rathā) ( आ (ā) ), f. N. of a river, Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=146322 ]

## Sources

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

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