# जयद्रथ (jayadratha)

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जयद्रथ (jayadratha) is a Sanskrit word meaning having victorious chariots, a chief in the army of Duryodhana, a general in the army of Duryodhana, name of a man having a victorious chariot, a man's name, king of the Sindhus, son of Vrrddhakshatra. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Other Individuals Named Jayadratha (Genealogical/Contextual), Jayadratha, King of Sindhu (Mahabharata Character), Etymology or General Name Reference.

- **SLP1:** `jayadraTa`  **IAST:** jayadratha  **Devanagari:** जयद्रथ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayadratha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jayadratha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** जायद्रथ (jāyadratha)

## Meanings by context

### Other Individuals Named Jayadratha (Genealogical/Contextual) (7 definitions)
- Name of various mythological figures including a son of Brihanmanas and the tenth Manu.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son (of Bṛhan-manas, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1703 and 1707; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ix, 23, 11; of Bṛhat-kāya, 21, 22; of Bṛhat-karman, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title); of the 10th Manu, Harivaṃśa (Title) 475 ). [ ID=77536 ]
- the son of Brihadkaya and father of Vishada  
  *The Purana Index*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 1-634 ] Jayadratha (I) — the son of Bṛhadkāya and father of Viśada. Bhā. IX. 21. 22-23. [ ID=5033 ]
- the son of Brihanmanas and father of Vijaya  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayadratha (II) — the son of Bṛhanmanas and father of Vijaya. His wife was Sambhūti. Bhā. IX. 23. 11-12; Vā. 99. 111; Vi. IV. 18. 22-23. [ ID=5034 ]
- a son of the second Savarna Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayadratha (IV) — a son of the second Sāvarṇa Manu. Br. IV. 1. 72. [ ID=5036 ]
- a son of Brihadbhanu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayadratha (V) — a son of Bṛhadbhānu. M. 48. 101. [ ID=5037 ]
- a son of Brihadishu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-635 ] Jayadratha (VI) — a son of Bṛhadiṣu. M. 49. 49. [ ID=5038 ]
- a son of Brihadkarman and father of Vishvajit  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayadratha (VII) — a son of Bṛhadkarman and father of Viśvajit. Vi. IV. 19. 34. [ ID=5039 ]

### Jayadratha, King of Sindhu (Mahabharata Character) (6 definitions)
- having victorious chariots  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 413,2] जयद् (jayad) — रथ (—ratha) m. ‘having victorious chariots’, N. of a Sindhu-Sauvīra king fighting on the Kaurava's side i, iii, v, vii; Bhagavad-gītā (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=77535 ]
- A chief in the army of Duryodhana  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 341 ] जयद्रथ (jayadratha) m. ( - थः (-thaḥ) ) A chief in the army of DURYODHANA. [ ID=15910 ]
- A general in the army of Duryodhana.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 300-a ] जय - द्रथ (jaya-dratha) ( थः ) ((thaḥ)) 1. m. A general in the army of Duryodhana. [ ID=15369 ]
- A chief in the army of Duryodhana  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 282-a ] जयद्रथ (jayadratha) m. ( - थः (-thaḥ) ) A chief in the army of DURYODHANA. [ ID=15881 ]
- king of the Sindhus, son of Vrrddhakshatra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 357-2 ] Jayadratha 1, king of the Sindhus, son of Vṛddhakṣatra. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 473, 532, 533.—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2745 (married Duḥśalā, the daughter of Dhṛtarāṣṭra). —§ 182 (Dhṛtarāṣṭraputranāmak.): I, 117, 4557 (do.).— § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 186, 7001 (present at the Page358-a+ 63 svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1267 ( Saindhavaḥ, came to the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira, C. has by error Draya° ).—§ 288 (do.): II, 35, 1293 (do.).—§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44 α, 1534.—§ 298 (Dyūtap.): II, 58, 2017 (present at the gambling).—§ 522 (Draupadī- haraṇap.): III, 264, 15581 ( rājā Sindhūnāṃ Vārddha- kṣatriḥ ); 265, †15599 ( Sauvīrarājaḥ ); 267, 15618, (15631); 268, (†15648), †15662, 15664; 269, †15683, †15693; 270, †15696; 271, 15747 ( Sindhurājaḥ ), 15750, 15751, 15752 ( J. sees Draupadī and carries her off, but is overtaken by the Pāṇḍavas; after a battle J. took to flight). —§ 523 (Jayadrathavimokṣanap.): III, 272, 15777, 15788, 15791, 15796, 15800 ( J. is seized by Bhīmasena, but set free again).—§ 524 (do.): III, 272, (15804), 15858 (gratified Śiva, who granted him the boon that he might vanquish the Pāṇḍavas, except Arjuna).—§ 525 (Rāmo- pākhyānap.): III, 273, 15860 ( vinirjitya J°ṃ ), 15867 (all. to § 522).—§ 544 (Yudhiṣṭhirāśvāsa): III, 292, 16611 (do.).—§ 545 (Pativratāmāhātmyap.): III, 293, 16617 ( °ena hṛtā, sc. Draupadī, all. to § 522).—§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 21, 686 ( °n tathaiva tvam ajaiṣīḥ, sc. Bhīmasena, all. to § 523).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 19 δ, 588 (came with one akṣauhiṇī of Sindhus and Sauvīras to Duryodhana).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47 α, 1796; 55 λ, 2186 ( Sindhurājaḥ ), (ν), 2206; 57 ξ, 2246 (assigned to Arjuna as his match in the battle), (π), 2268, (σ), 2290; 62 ββ, †2426; [ 66 εε, 2504 ( Saindhavaṃ )].—§ 562 (Bhaga- vadyānap.): V, 92 τ, 3284; [ 95 ν, 3403 ( Saindhavaḥ )].— § 567 (do.): V, 124 δ, 4171.—§ 569 (do.): V, 142 ε, 4824; 144, 4890.—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 155 θ, 5274 ( Saindhavaṃ, commander of one akṣauhiṇī of Duryodhana's army).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V, 160, †5532 ( °ādriṃ, sc. puruṣodadhiṃ, i.e. the army of Duryodhana); 161, †5575 (do.); [ 164 ε, 5708 ( Saindhavāya, Sātyaki is pitted against J.)].—[§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 165, 5743 ( Sindhurājaḥ, equal to two rathas, all. to §§ 522, 523)].— § 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 195 ε, 7608 ( Saindhavaḥ, in the army of Duryodhana).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 16 α, 622 (commander of one akṣauhiṇī of Duryodhana's army); 17, 665 (on his standard there was a boar of silver); 25 ι, 837; 35, †1280.—§ 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 45 15, 1723 ( Saindhavaṃ, fought with Drupada); 50 ο, 2070.— § 580 (do.): VI, 56 β, 2407 (in the neck of Bhīṣma's gāruḍavyūha); 57 ι, 2452 ( Saindhavaḥ ); 59 μ, †2583.— § 581 (do.): VI, 60 α, †2652; 65, 2910.—§ 582 (do.): VI, 71 10 γ, 3133, [3138 ( Saindhavaḥ, fought with Bhīmasena). —§ 583 (do.): VI, 76 ι, 3329; 79 12, 3469 (attacked Bhīmasena).—§ 584 (do.): VI, 85 7, †3762, †3782 (fought with Bhīmasena).—§ 585 (do.): VI, 92 χ, 4118, [4134 ( Sindhurājñaḥ…varāhaṃ (B. vā° ) svarṇabhūṣitaṃ )]; [ 94 ω, 4195 ( Saindhavaḥ )].—[§ 586 (do.): VI, 99 α, 4501 ( Saindhavaḥ, in the van of Bhīṣma's sarvatobhadra array); 100 η, 4545 ( Saindhavaṃ ).]—§ 587 (do.): VI, 108 δ, 5050 ( Saindhavaṃ ); 113 ι, 5240 ( Saindhavaḥ ), 5250 (pierced by Bhīmasena); 114 κ, 5292 ( Saindhavaṃ, pierced by Arjuna), 5295 (pierces Arjuna and Bhīmasena), 5309 ( Saindhavaḥ ); 115, 5362 ( Vṛddhakṣatrasya dāyādaṃ, attacked by Virāṭa); [ 116, 5417 ( Saindhavaḥ, encounter with Virāṭa]; 119 ϕ, 5583 ( Saindhavaḥ ).—[§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 7 γ, 179 ( Saindhavaḥ ).]—§ 590 (do.): VII, 14, 556, 560, 570 (is vanquished by Abhimanyu).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 20 η, 804 (in Droṇa's gāruḍavyūha); [ 25, 1074 ( Saindhavaḥ, fought with Kṣatravarman)]; 32 ω, 1410, Page358-b+ 63 (εε), 1441; [ 34, 1503 ( Sindhurājaḥ ), 1505 ( Sindhurājasya )]. —§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 42, 1747 ( Saindhavasya putraḥ ), 1755, 1756 ( Sindhurājaḥ ), 1758 (had obtained the boon from Śiva that he should check the four Pāṇḍavas, cf. § 524); [ 43 (vanquishes the Pāṇḍavas)].—§ 594 (do.): VII, 52, 2007 ( Saindhavena, J. had prevented the Pāṇḍavas from rescuing Abhimanyu).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 73, 2574 ( Saindhavako rājā, do.), 2586, 2587, 2588, 2595, 2597, 2600, 2603, 2605 (Arjuna promises to slay J.); 74, 2613; 75, 2657, 2674, 2676 (six of the Kuru chariot-warriors promise to protect J.); 76, 2680, 2702; [ 77, 2723 ( Saindhavo bālaghātakaḥ ), 2725 ( Saindhavasya )]; 79, 2796, 2797, 2800; 80, 2830, 2839.—§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 87, 3097, 3102 ( Sindhurājaḥ ), 3104 (description of his horses), ( i ) 3114.—§ 599 (do.): VII, 91, 3223, 3251 ( Bībhatsur J°vadhotsukaḥ ), 3260; 94, 3414, 3416, 3425; 100, 3749, 3759; 101, 3777, 3792, 3793; 103, 3883; 104 μ, 3894, 3912, 3917 (pierced Arjuna); 105 ν, 3946 (on the top of the standard of J. there was a silver boar, decked with golden garlands and of the splendour of white crystal (read dhvajāgre 'lohitārkābho, with B.)), 3961; 110, 4209; 111, 4246, 4249, 4250, 4254; 112, 4300, 4302; 124, 4979, 4985; 128, 5264; 137 ωω, 5629; 141, 5872; [ 143 κκκ, 6005 ( Saindhavena )]; 145, 6057, 6061, 6065, †6066, 6072, 6074, 6076; 146, 6196, 6200, 6205, 6222, 6229, 6230 (Arjuna vanquishes all the protectors of Jayadratha).—§ 599 g (Vṛddhakṣatra): VII, 146, 6259, 6265 (Vṛddhakṣatra, the father of J., had pronounced the curse that the head of that person who would cause the head of J. to fall to the earth should break into pieces).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 146, 6267, 6286 (Arjuna cut off the head of J., Kṛṣna caused it to fall on the lap of Vṛddhakṣatra, from there it fell on the earth; according to the curse the head of Vṛddhakṣatra broke to pieces); 148, †6445 ( hataṃ ); 149 ψψψ, 6475; 150 α 1, 6501 ( hataḥ ), (β 1 ), 6507 (do.); 6526 (do.); 152 δ 1, 6580.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 158, 7035 (mentioned among the slain); 159, 7046 ( Gāṇḍīvadhanvā hatavān…J°ṃ ); [ 182 ηηη, 8281 ( Saindhavaḥ )].—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstramokṣap.): VII, 197, 9118 ( °śiro yathā ).—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5 ζ, 100 ( Sindhurāṣṭramukhānīha daśa rāṣṭrāṇi yāni ha | vaśe tiṣṭhanti vīrasya yaḥ sthitaḥ tava śāsane | akṣauhiṇīr daśaikāñ ca vinirjitya śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | Arjunena hato, rājan, mahāvīryo J°ḥ ).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 73, 3676 (had been protected by Droṇa), 3681.—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 2 ζ, 72 (had sided with Duryodhana), 90 ( nihataḥ ).—§ 610 (do.): IX, 4, 198 ( hate ), 217, 219 ( hataḥ ); 5 ν, 278 (has been slain).—§ 611 (do.): IX, 24 νν, 1299 ( nihate ), 27 ττ, 1457 ( hataḥ ).—§ 613 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 32 β, 1836.—§ 615 (do.): IX, 61, 3433 ( °ena pāpena yat Kṛṣṇā kleśitā vane, all. to § 522); 64 εε, 3614 ( Saindhavaṃ ).—§ 618 (Jala- pradānikap.): XI, 12 λ, 320 ( hatvā…J°ṃ ).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 16 α, 454; 20 ε, 585; 22 η, 624, 625 ( Sindhu-Sauvīrabhartāraṃ ), 628, 629 (lamented for as dead).— § 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26 β, 787 (his body is cremated).— § 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 77, 2231 ( Sindhurājasya, the Sindhus attacked Arjuna in order to revenge the death of J.); 78, 2269 ( °ṃ hataṃ smṛtvā ), 2287 (the son of J. and Duḥśalā had died, leaving a son who was yet a little child); 84, 2497 ( apāharat…J°śiro yathā, sc. Arjuna).— § 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 14 σ, 415 (Yudhiṣṭhira caused the śrāddha of J., etc., to be performed).—§ 795 (Svargāro- haṇap.): XVIII, 5 λ, 150. Page359-a+ 62 Cf. also the following synonyms:— Saindhava, Saindhavaka, q.v. Sauvīra, Sauvīraka, Sauvīrarāja, q.v. Sindhupati, Sindhurāj, Sindhurāja, Sindhu- rājan, Sindhu-Sauvīrabharṭr, q.v. Suvīra, Suvīrarāṣṭrapa, q.v. Vārddhakṣatri (“the son of Vṛddhakṣatra”): III, 15576 ( rājā Sindhūnāṃ ), 1558 ( J° ); VI, †752; VII, 1748; XI, 623. [ ID=4869 ]
- The king of Sindhu and an ally of Jarasandha who served in Duryodhana's army.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jayadratha (III) — the king of Sindhu and an ally of Jarāsandha; was stationed at the north gate of Mathurā, and on the east during the siege of Gomanta; served Duryo- dhana's army. Bhā. X. 52. 11[6]; 50. 11[7]; 78. [95 (v) 16]; Vi. V. 38. 16. [ ID=5035 ]

### Etymology or General Name Reference (2 definitions)
- Name of a man having a victorious chariot  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 099-2 ] जयद्रथ (jayadratha) jayad-ratha, m. N. (having a victorious car). [ ID=7902 ]
- a man's name  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जयद्रथ (jayadratha) [Printed book page 182 ] जयद्रथ (jayadratha) m. a man's name. [ ID=11063 ]

### Jayadratha in Yama's Assembly (1 definition)
- an ancient king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 359-1 ] Jayadratha 2, an ancient king. § 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 337 (in the palace of Yama). [ ID=4870 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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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