हैहयhaihaya

हैहय (haihaya) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a race of people, a king of the Haihayas, name of a son of Sahasrada, a son of Shatajit, of a medical author, a tribe of people descended from Yadu. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them A people, race, or tribe, Arjuna Kārtavīrya, Other specific Haihaya individuals.

Meanings by context

A people, race, or tribe

8 definitions
name of a race of people

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A people. 2. A prince of the Haihayas.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A people. 2. A prince.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a people

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A tribe of people descended from Yadu. 2. The great-grandson of Yadu. 3. Arjuna Kartavirya.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

an ancient people

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. An ancient dynasty of kings who attained yoga through the grace of Datta, were defeated by Sagara and destroyed by Parashurama, and included twenty-four or twenty-eight kings divided into five principal clans. 2. The country belonging to this people, watered by the Nalini.

The Purana Index

An ancient tribe that defeated Bahu.

The Purana Index

Arjuna Kārtavīrya

8 definitions
a king of the Haihayas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The name of Arjuna Kartavirya

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kartavirya

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kartavirya

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Kartavirya

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kartavirya

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Arjuna Kartavirya

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

lost his kingdom through pride of power

The Purana Index

Other specific Haihaya individuals

6 definitions
name of a son of Sahasrada

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Shatajit

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The great-grandson of Yadu

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a son of Vatsa

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Sumitra

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the sons of Shatajit and father of Dharma

The Purana Index

A medical author (uncertain)

1 definition
of a medical author

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Country or territory of the Haihayas

1 definition
Name of a country and its people

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haihaya dynasty or line of kings

1 definition
100 kings after the Prativindhyas

The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller 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, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.