# दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta)

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दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) is a Sanskrit word meaning a prince, dushyanta, husband of Shakuntala and father of Bharata, son of Ajamidha, a descendant of Puru adopted by Maruta as his son. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them King Duṣyanta (husband of Śakuntalā), King Duṣyanta (adopted by Marutta), King Duṣyanta (son of Ajamīḍha).

- **Roots:** दुष् (duṣ), सो (so)
- **Etymology:** E. दुष to do wrong, झ aff — E. duṣa to do wrong, jha aff
- **SLP1:** `duzyanta`  **IAST:** duṣyanta  **Devanagari:** दुष्यन्त
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushyanta
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dushyanta/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### King Duṣyanta (husband of Śakuntalā) (7 definitions)
- the name of an ancient lunar race prince, husband of Shakuntala and father of Bharata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 488,1] दुष् (duṣ) यन्त (duṣyanta) m. ( fr. दुस् (dus) + √ सो (so) ? or p. of √ दुष् (duṣ) ?, older form दुः - षन्त (duḥ-ṣanta) ) N. of a prince of the lunar race (descendant of Puru, husband of Śakuntalā and father of Bharata), MBh.; Śak.; Pur. [ ID=94674 ]
- husband of Shakuntala and father of Bharata  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 123-1 ] दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) duṣyanta, m. N. of Śakuntalāʼs husband and of Bharataʼs father. [ ID=9466 ]
- A prince  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुष (duṣa) ्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 418 ] दुष (duṣa) ्यन्त (duṣyanta) m. ( - न्तः (-ntaḥ) ) A prince: see the last. E. दुष (duṣa) to do wrong, झ (jha) aff. [ ID=19419 ]
- Dushyanta  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 372-b ] दु - ष्यन्त (du-ṣyanta) ( न्तः ) ((ntaḥ)) 1. m. Idem. [ ID=18897 ]
- A prince  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुष् (duṣ) यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 348-b ] दुष् (duṣ) यन्त (duṣyanta) m. ( - न्तः (-ntaḥ) ) A prince: see that last. E. दुष् (duṣ) to do wrong, झ (jha) aff. [ ID=19405 ]
- An ancient king, husband of Shakuntala and father of Bharata.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 280-2 ] Duṣyanta 1, an ancient king, the husband of Śakuntalā and the father of Bharata. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 371 (C. Duṣmantāt ).—§ 133: The founder of the Paurava line was D., who ruled the whole world, even the Mlecchas. Description of his happy rule. D. could take up the mountain Mandara and support it in his arms (I, 68 ). One day D. went a hunting (I, 69 ). Having come to a forest, which was situated near the river Mālinī and was the resort of ascetics, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Apsarases, monkeys, Vālakhilyas, etc. (I, 70 ), D., in the hermitage of the Ṛṣi Kaṇva Kāśyapa, saw Kaṇva's adopted daughter Śakuntalā: I, 68, 2801 ( Pauravānāṃ vaṃśakaraḥ ); 69, 2815, 2833, 2834; 71, 2898, 2909.—§ 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, (2910).—§ 135 (Śakuntalop.): I, 73, (2955), (2960), 2970, 2981, 2985, 2987; 74, 3001, 3023, (3060), 3070, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3104, 3113, 3117 ( rājarṣiḥ; D. wedded Śakuntalā according to the Gāndharva form of marriage and returned to his capital. Śakuntalā brought her son Bharata to D., who did not at first acknowledge him as his son, until a celestial voice corroborated the truth of Śakuntalā's words).—§ 150 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3707 (son of Īlina), 3708, 3709 (father of Bharata).—§ 156 (do.): I, 95, ††3781 (son of Īlina), ††3782 (married to Śakuntalā), 3783 (father of Bharata).— § 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 326 (in the palace of Yama).— § 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 117, 3974 ( reme…yathā… Śakuntalāyāṃ D°ḥ, C. Duṣv° ).—§ 761 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115 δ, 5666 (among the kings who did not eat meat during the month of Kārttika; C. has Duṣmantaḥ ).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166 η, 7676. [ ID=3827 ]
- A mythological king, son of Raibhya and Upadanavi, husband of Shakuntala, and father of Bharata.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 2-107 ] Duṣyanta (I) — a son of Raibhya and Upadānavī; a king; while out for hunting came to Kaṇva's hermitage, saw the beautiful Śakuntalā, married her by the gāndharvavidhi and left for his capital the next day. A son Bharata was born to Śakuntalā and he was brought up by Kaṇva. Śakuntalā came to his palace with the boy but Duṣyanta had forgotten her. A voice from the air asked him to accept them, his wife and son, which he did; 1 removed from hell by the son. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 12. 20; IX. 20. 7-22 [1-2]; M. 49. 10-11; Br. III. 6. 25; Vā. 68. 24; 99. 133-6.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 19. 9-10.] [ ID=6120 ]

### King Duṣyanta (adopted by Marutta) (1 definition)
- a descendant of Puru adopted by Maruta as his son  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Duṣyanta (II) — of Puru's line, was adopted by Marut(t)a as his son; returned to the line of Yadu, the eldest son of Yayāti; 1 through Yayāti's curse the Turvasu and the Paurava dynasties became commingled. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 23. 17-18; Vā. 99. 3; Vī. IV. 16. 5-6.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 48. 2-3.] [ ID=6121 ]

### King Duṣyanta (son of Ajamīḍha) (1 definition)
- son of Ajamidha  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Duṣyanta 2, son of Ajamīḍha. § 152 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3722 ( D. and Parameṣṭhin were the sons of Ajamīḍha with Nīlī), 3723 (the offspring of D. and Parameṣṭhin were all the Pāñcālas). [ ID=3828 ]

### Referential definition (1 definition)
- See page 425, column 3.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) [Printed book page 0424-b ] दुष्यन्त (duṣyanta) duṣyanta. See p. 425, col. 3. [ ID=22561 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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