पाण्डुpāṇḍu

पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) is a Sanskrit word meaning yellowish white, white, pale, jaundiced, pale or yellowish white color, a white elephant, Trichosanthes dioeca, a species of shrub. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them The Color Pale or Yellowish-White, Other Individuals/Beings Named Pāṇḍu, King Pāṇḍu (Epic Hero).

Root
पण्ड् (paṇḍ)
Etymology
E. पडि to go, aff. कु, and the penultimate vowel made long
Definitions
30
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Meanings by context

The Color Pale or Yellowish-White

10 definitions
yellowish white, white, pale

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

pale or yellowish white color

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Yellowish white, whitish, or pale. 2. Name of a sovereign of ancient Delhi, son of Vyasa and brother of Dhritarashtra.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pale or yellowish-white. 2. The name of an ancient king. 3. Jaundice. 4. A white elephant. 5. A plant.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pale or yellowish white. 2. Pale color. 3. Name of a king. 4. Jaundice. 5. A white elephant. 6. A plant.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pale or yellowish-white. 2. An ancient king of Delhi and father of the Pandavas. 3. Jaundice. 4. A white elephant. 5. A plant, Mashaparni.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pale or yellowish white. 2. The name of a king, father of the Pandavas.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Whitish yellow, white, or pale. 2. The name of an ancient king.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Whitish or pale. 2. A prince of the Lunar Race.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Yellowish white, white, or pale. 2. A pale or yellowish white colour. 3. Jaundice. 4. The plant Trichosanthes dioica. 5. A white elephant. 6. Name of a prince, son of Vyasa and father of the Pandavas. 7. Name of a son of Janamejaya. 8. Name of a son of Dhatri. 9. Name of an attendant of Shiva. 10. Name of a Naga king. 11. Name of a people in Madhya-desha. 12. A species of plant, Glycine debilis.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Other Individuals/Beings Named Pāṇḍu

7 definitions
a son of Janamejaya and brother of Dhritarashtra

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Dhatri by Ayati

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an attendant of Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a Nagaraja

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

son of the elder Janamejaya

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an Arsheya Pravara of the Angiras family

The Purana Index

a son of Vidhata and Ayati

The Purana Index

King Pāṇḍu (Epic Hero)

3 definitions
Name of a son of Vyasa, brother of Dhritarashtra and Vidura, and father of the five Pandavas.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

son of Vyasa by Ambalika, husband of Kunti and Madri, and father of the five Pandavas

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A royal sage, son of Vichitravirya, husband of Kunti and Madri, and father of the five Pandavas.

The Purana Index

Specific Plants or Shrubs

3 definitions
Trichosanthes dioeca

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a species of shrub

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Glycine debilis

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A People, Tribe, or Group

2 definitions
a people in Madhya-desa

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Pandavas

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Jaundice (The Disease)

2 definitions
jaundiced

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

jaundice

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A White Elephant

1 definition
a white elephant

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Pāṇḍu Kambala (Pale Blanket)

1 definition
1. A sort of blanket or upper garment. 2. A kind of stone. 3. Housing for an elephant.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāṇḍu Mṛt (Pale Earth/Chalk)

1 definition
chalk

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: 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, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.