# कौन्तेय (kaunteya)

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कौन्तेय (kaunteya) is a Sanskrit word meaning a son of Kunti, specifically Yudhishthira, Bhima, or Arjuna, the tree Terminalia Arjuna, a name of Yudhishthira, Bhima-sena, and Arjuna, a name of the arjuna tree, a son of Kunti, specifically any of the Pandu princes, a Pandu prince. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Sons of Kuntī (General/Collective), Yudhiṣṭhira as Kaundeya, Arjuna as Kaundeya.

- **Etymology:** E. कुन्ती, and ढक् affix, son of KUNTĪ — E. kuntī, and ḍhak affix, son of KUNTĪ
- **SLP1:** `kOnteya`  **IAST:** kaunteya  **Devanagari:** कौन्तेय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunteya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kaunteya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कौंतेय (kauṃteya)

## Meanings by context

### Sons of Kuntī (General/Collective) (9 definitions)
- a son of Kunti, specifically Yudhishthira, Bhima, or Arjuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 316,2] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) m. metron. fr. Kuntī, N. of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma-sena, and Arjuna, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 19; Nalopākhyāna (subtitle); Hitopadeśa (Title) [ ID=57177 ]
- son of Kunti, especially Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, or Arjuna  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 075-2 ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) kaunt-eya, m. son of Kuntī, met. of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena, and Arjuna. [ ID=6382 ]
- A son of Kunti, specifically any of the Pandu princes  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 254 ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) m. ( - यः (-yaḥ) ) Either of the Pāṇḍu princes. E. कुन्ती (kuntī), and ढक् (ḍhak) affix, son of KUNTĪ. [ ID=11854 ]
- A Pandu prince  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 217-b ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) ( यः ) ((yaḥ)) 1. m. A Pandu prince. [ ID=11306 ]
- a son of Kunti, specifically any of the Pandu princes  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 208-b ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) m. ( - यः (-yaḥ) ) Either of the Pandu princes. E. कुन्ती, (kuntī,) and ढक् (ḍhak) affix, son of KUNTI. [ ID=11848 ]
- A son of Kunti  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 0223-a ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) kaunteya, i. e. kuntī + eya, metronym., m. A son of Kuntī, Nal. 1, 17. [ ID=3870 ]
- a son of Kunti  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 134 ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) m. metron. of the Pandavas. [ ID=8546 ]
- 1. A name of Yudhishthira, Bhima-sena, and Arjuna. 2. A name of the arjuna tree.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 0257-c ] कौन्तेय (kaunteya) kaunteya, as, m. (a patronymic fr. kuntī ), a N. of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma-sena, and Arjuna; N. of a tree = arjuna. [ ID=16012 ]
- the sons of Kunti  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 400-2 ] Kaunteya, pl. ( °āḥ ) and dual ( °au ) (“the sons of Kuntī”): I, 185, 2250, 5066, 5647, 5688, 5770, 6410, 6517, 7369 [7411 ( ekaikaḥ…Kaunteyaḥ )], 7419, 7424, 7461, 7465, 7544, 7552; II, 1362, 2646; III, 19, 8437, 11066, 11552, 14933; IV, 1131, 1612; V, 51, 195, 569, 597, 4152, 4268, 4678; VI, 535, 2931, 5298 ( °au, i.e. Arjuna and Bhīmasena), 5301 (do.); VII, 292 (only B., C. has Kaunteyāt ), 6854, 7673; VIII, 38 ( °rājaputrāḥ ), 311, 343, 1338, 1349, 2850; XI, 374. [ ID=5541 ]

### Yudhiṣṭhira as Kaundeya (2 definitions)
- son of Kunti, specifically king Yudhishthira  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 145-a ] kaunteya, m. son of Kuntī, i. e. king Yudhishthira. [metronymic, 1216. ] [ ID=1230 ]
- Yudhishthira  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kaunteya 4 (do.) = Yudhiṣṭhira: I, 5284, 5820 ( Y° ), 5849, 6045 ( Y° ), 7226, 7245, 7249, 7271, 7553, 7568; II, 501, 1211, 1301, 1356, 1429, 1632, 1689, 1720, 1739, 1740, 1764, 1802, 1930, 2141, 2167, 2389, 2581, 2621 ( Dharmaputro Yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ); III, 128, 211, 677, 750, 801, 815, 817, 843, 874, 899, †919 ( Y° ), 968 ( Y° ), 972, 1225, 1328, 1349, 1352, †1363, 1378, 1399, 1445, 1913 ( Dharmarājaṃ ), 2088, 2130, 2773, 3030, 3081, 8318, 8338, 8340, 8383, 8405, 8411, 8438, 8444, 8458, 8498, 8540, 8630, 8662, 8686, 9968, 9981, 9983, 9986, 10098, 10113, 10123, †10247, 10309, 10311, 10422, 10469, 10516, 10534, 10549, 10588, †10601, †10691, 10698, 10699, 10772, 10793, 10820, 10823, 10829, 10831, 10862, 10863, 10994, 11444, 11445, 11524, 11553, 11739 ( Ajāta- śatruḥ ), 11930, 11946, 12435 ( Y° ), 12444, 12630, 12763, 12796, 13002, 13009 ( Y° ), 13041, 13213 ( Y° ), 14694, 14838 ( Y° ), 15354 ( Y° ), 15356, 15488, 17235 ( Y° ), 17316, 17327, 17431, 17434; IV, 57, 150, 642, 2225, 2348; V, 48, 53, 126, 1972, 2214 ( Y° ), 2288 ( Y° ), 2484 ( Y° ), 2955, 5240, 5415, 5416, 5547, 7581, 7622 ( Y° ); VI, 696, 1574, 1588, 1616, 3698, 3798, 4654, 5189 ( Y° ); VII, 317 ( rājānaṃ; PCR. wrongly = Bhīmasena ), 2923, 2932, 2936, 2946, 3529 ( Ajātaśatruṃ ), 3983 (only B., C. has Kaikeyena ), 4174 ( Ajātaśatruḥ ), 4331, 6484, 6963, 7273, 8317, 9231; VIII, 2356, 2976 ( Dharmarājaṃ Yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ), 2986, 3187, 3207 ( Y° ), 3308, 5031; IX, 557 ( Ajātaśatruṃ Yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ), 844, 851, 1012, 1188, 1718 ( Ajātaśatruḥ ), 1759, 1783; X, 551; XI, 230; XII, 384 ( Dharmarāje Yudhiṣṭhire ), 452, 476, 606, 620, 627, 651 ( Pāṇḍavaḥ ), 663, 698 ( Ajātaśatruṃ ), 703, 732 ( Y° ), 832, 1150, 1158, 1207, 1213, 1225, 1228, 1360, 1409, 1419, 1715, 1729, 1753, 2455, 2458, 2460, 2471 ( Y° ), 2478 (do.), 2480, 2482, 2745, 2857, 3127, 3193, 3229, 3339, 4621, 4714, 4815, 4891, 5420, 5908, 6332, 7558, 9465, 9854, 10085, 10205, 11052, 11070, 11092, 11138, 11172, 11196, 11197, 11203, 12856, 13179; XIII, 17, 979, 1306, 1313, 1862, 1874, 2043, 2254, 2552, Page400-b+ 63 3014, 3056, 3312, 3314, 3364, 3381, 3392, 4620, 4908 ( Y° ), 5117, 5139, 5151, 5175, †5203, 5631, 6219, 6280, 6923, 6927 ( Y° ), 7455, 7703, 7713, 7731 ( Y° ); XIV, 7, 17, 61, 321, 329, 2085, 2560 ( Dharmajaḥ ), 2562, 2570, 2614, 2638; XV, 55, 122, 134, 165, 178, 217, 220, 261, 762; XVII, 57 ( Y° ); XVIII, 51, 128. [ ID=5540 ]

### Arjuna as Kaundeya (1 definition)
- Arjuna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कौन्तेय (kaunteya) [Printed book page 399-2 ] Kaunteya 1 (“the son of Kuntī”) = Arjuna: I, 2275 ( Bībhatsuḥ ), 5234, 5257 ( A° ), 5456, 5468, 5479, 5494, 5741 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 6504, 6527, 6537, 6796, 6953, 7756, 7783, 7786, 7791, 7806, 7808, 7813, 7821, 7849, 7888, 7897, 7901, 7937, 7967, 7975, 7978, 8195; II, 2, 1012, 1018, 1026, 1049; III, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1480, 1486, 1514, 1531, 1568, 1600, 1687, 1693, 1733 ( A° ), 1774, 1792, 1793, 3088, 8421 ( Bībhatsuḥ ), 11981, 12064, 12074, 12272, 12292, 12296, 17265, 17268; IV, 8, 39 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 1260, 1428, 1441 ( Bībhatsuḥ ), 1445, 1513, 1523, 1588, 1698 ( Bībhatsuḥ… Śvetavāhanaḥ ), 1808, 1840, 1884, 1922, 1936, 1947, 1993, 1997 ( Kirīṭamālī ), 2029 (do.), 2039, 2043, 2068 ( Kirīṭamālī ), 2070, 2258, 2368 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ); V, 134 (do.), 2216 ( Bībhatsuḥ ), 2824, 3195 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 4812, 5375, 5502, 5522, 5567, 5875; VI, 518, 812, 857, 892, 915, 938, 989, 1057, 1099, 1119, 1147, 1157, 1176, 1179, 1193, 1197, 1201, 1323, 1352, 1359, 1362, 1424, 1502, 1504, 1514, 1999 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 2002, 2552, 3212 ( Śvetavāhanaḥ ), 3568, 3740 ( Śvetavāhanaḥ ), 3742, 3744, 4641, 4837, 5431, 5496 ( Śveta- vāhanaḥ ), 5512, 5514 ( Śvetavāhanaḥ ), 5618 (only B.); VII, 292 (only C.), 660, 664, 678, 1196, 1989, 2670, 3127 (read Kaunteye with B.), 3161, 3276 ( Kirīṭamālī ), 3284, 3365, 3409, 3416, 3442, 3445, 3669, 3726, 3729, 3758, 3831, 3902, 3959 ( Kṛṣṇasārathiḥ ), 5813 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 5862, 5867, Page400-a+ 63 5954, 6068, 6139, 6199, 6200, 6205, 6206, 6231 ( Pākaśāsaniḥ ), 6305, 6392, 7088 ( Bībhatsuḥ ), 7759, 7809, 8262, 8275 ( A° ), 8431 (do.), 8447, 9083 ( A° ), 9087, 9399, 9520, 9529, 9644; VIII, 1579, 1629, 2164, 2791, 2798, 2824, 2836, 3026, 3029, 3035, 3037, 3282, 3283, 3326, 3331, 3336, 3403 ( Śveta- vāhanaḥ ), 3406, 3408, 3409, 3487, 3701, 4023, 4358, 4739, 4770, 4850, 4985; IX, 142 ( Dhanañjayaḥ ), 1029 (do.), 3478, 3480; X, 442; XII, 579, 600, 793, 1912, 13155, 13161, 13165, 13234, 13298, 13300; XIV, 591, 1468, 2123, 2140, 2227, 2234, 2255, 2323, 2431, 2453, 2470, 2474, 2484, 2577 ( Jiṣṇuṃ ); XVI, 227 ( A° ); XVII, 4. [ ID=5537 ]

### Bhīmasena as Kaundeya (1 definition)
- Bhimasena  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 400-1 ] Kaunteya 2 (do.) = Bhīmasena: I, 2242, 5021, 5061 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 7406; II, 921, 922, 1067, 1084, 1089, 1090, 1103; III, 543 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 545, 2051, 10841 ( Vṛkodara ), 10842, 11189, 11257, 11301, 11325, 11360, 11362, 11422, 11424, 11624, 11731, 17280; IV, †236, 518, 528, 602, 631, 632, 633, 640, 720, 746; V, 2022, 2485 ( Bhīṃasenaṃ ), 2974, 4746, 5473; VI, 2304, 2799, 3305 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 3429, 4343 5708 ( Bhīmasenaṃ ); VII, 940, 3525 ( Bhīmasenaṃ ), 5140, 5155, 5180 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 5210, 5213, 5214, 5228, 5244 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 5385, 5592, 5601, 5635, 5637, 5759, 5773, 5791, 8046, 8054, 9187, 9271, 9272, 9274; VIII, 2488, 3855, 3944, 4091; IX, 150, 583, 1439 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 1914, 1943, 3213, 3218; X, 601 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 658, 662; XI, 336; XII, 1377 ( Bhīmaḥ ), 1475 ( Bhīmasenaṃ ); XIV, 2102 ( Bhīmasenaḥ ), 2525. [ ID=5538 ]

### Karṇa as Kaundeya (1 definition)
- Karna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kaunteya 3 (do.) = Karṇa: V, 4736, 4753, 4918; VI, 5826, 5840; XVIII, 23 ( K° ), 140 ( Rādheyaḥ ). [ ID=5539 ]

### The Arjuna Tree (Terminalia Arjuna) (1 definition)
- the tree Terminalia Arjuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the tree Terminalia Arjuna, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=57178 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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