शल्यśalya

शल्य (śalya) is a Sanskrit word meaning a dart, javelin, lance, spear, or arrow, a fault or defect, a porcupine, a kind of fish, a fence or boundary, Vangueria Spinosa. Its 33 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Sharp or Pointed Object (Weapon, Thorn, Stake, etc.), Other Proper Names (Śalya), King Śalya of Madra.

Etymology: E. शल to go, aff. यत् or य Uṇādi aff
Definitions: 33

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Meanings by context

Sharp or Pointed Object (Weapon, Thorn, Stake, etc.)

10 definitions

a dart, javelin, lance, spear, or arrow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The point of an arrow or spear. 2. A thorn, sting, or dart.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A dart, javelin, or arrow. 2. A bamboo rod, stake, or thorn. 3. An iron crowbar. 4. Sin or crime. 5. Difficulty, embarrassment, or distress. 6. An extraneous substance lodged in the body. 7. Abuse or defamation. 8. Poison. 9. A thorny shrub. 10. A porcupine or hedgehog. 11. A peg or pin. 12. A boundary. 13. A king, the maternal uncle of Yudhishthira.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A thorny shrub, porcupine, boundary, peg, or a king. 2. A bamboo rod, stake, thorn, arrow, iron crow, abuse, sin, distress, or poison. 3. A dart, javelin, or spike.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A javelin or spear. 2. An arrow or shaft. 3. A splinter or thorn. 4. A pin or peg.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A dart, javelin, or arrow. 2. A bamboo rod, stake, or thorn. 3. An iron crowbar. 4. Sin or crime. 5. Difficulty, embarrassment, or distress. 6. Any foreign substance lodged in the body, or figuratively, heartrending sorrow. 7. Abuse or defamation. 8. Poison. 9. A bone. 10. A thorny shrub. 11. A porcupine or hedgehog. 12. A peg or pin. 13. A boundary. 14. The extraction of splinters. 15. A king who was the maternal uncle of Yudhishthira.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A dart, javelin, or arrow. 2. A peg or pin. 3. A porcupine. 4. A thorny shrub. 5. A boundary. 6. The name of a king. 7. A stake or thorn. 8. An iron crowbar. 9. Any extraneous substance lodged in the body. 10. Difficulty. 11. Poison. 12. Sin. 13. Abuse.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The point of a spear or arrow, thorn, or sting. 2. A blemish, fault, or obstacle.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Point of a spear or arrow. 2. Thorn or prickle.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A dart, javelin, spear, pike, arrow, or shaft. 2. A stake, rod, spike, splinter, thorn, pin, or peg. 3. A porcupine or hedgehog. 4. The extraction of splinters or foreign substances in surgery. 5. The thorny shrub Vangueria Spinosa or the tree Vilva. 6. A fence or boundary. 7. A kind of fish. 8. King of Madra and maternal uncle of the Pandavas. 9. An iron crowbar. 10. Any foreign substance lodged in the body. 11. A bone. 12. Sin or crime. 13. Poison. 14. Difficulty, embarrassment, or distress. 15. Abuse or defamation.

शल्य (śalya) [Printed book page 0996-a]
Śalya, as, am, m. n. a dart, javelin, spear tipped

with iron, (upa-śalya, a short spear); a pike; an

arrow, shaft; any stake or rod, spike, splinter, thorn,

(in these senses usually am, n.); a pin, peg; (as),

m. a porcupine, hedgehog; extraction of splinters

or extraneous substances in surgery (as a branch of

medicine or Āyur-veda, q. v.); the thorny shrub,

Vangueria Spinosa (= madana); another tree (=

vilva); a fence, boundary; a kind of fish; N. of

the king of Madra (maternal uncle of the sons of

Pāṇḍu and especially of Nakula and Sahadeva, Madrī

the wife of Pāṇḍu being sister to Śalya); (am), n.,

N. of a son of Vipracitti; (am), n. an iron crow-

bar; any extraneous substance lodged in the body

(as an arrow, thorn, splinter); a bone; sin, crime;

poison; difficulty, embarrassment, distress; abuse,

defamation; [cf. Gr. κῆλα; Hib. cail, ‘a spear.’]

—Śalya-kaṇṭha, as, m. ‘quill-throated,’ a porcu-

pine. —Śalya-kriyā, f. the extraction of thorns or

other extraneous substances lodged in the body.

—Śalya-tantra, am, n., N. of a section of the

Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhitā (comprising chapters 25 —

34 of the Uttara-tantra or sixth book, and treating

of the cure of external wounds). —Śalya-parvan,

a, n., N. of the ninth book of the Mahā-bhārata,

(this book describes how, on the death of Karṇa,

Śalya, king of Madra, was appointed to the command

of the Kuru army, and how a combat with maces

took place between Śalya and Bhīma, and another

great battle between Śalya and Yudhi-ṣṭhira, in

which the former was eventually killed.) —Śalya-

prota, as, ā, am, pierced or transfixed by an arrow.

—Śalya-loman, a, n. a porcupine's quill. —Śalya-

vat, ān, atī, at, possessing an arrow, owning shafts;

shooting arrows, one who has shot an arrow; set

with stakes, hampered or harassed with difficulties.

—Śalya-vāraṅga, am, n. ‘arrow-handle,’ the part

by which an arrow or other foreign substance lodged

in the body is laid hold of during the operation of

extraction. —Śalya-śāstra, am, n. ‘splinter-(extrac-

tion)-science,’ that part of surgery which treats of

the removal of extraneous substances lodged in the

body; [cf. āyur-veda.] —Śalya-hartṛ, tā, m. a

remover of thorns, weeder. —Śalyāri (°ya-ari), is,

m. ‘enemy of Śalya,’ an epithet of Yudhi-ṣṭhira.

—Śalyāharaṇa-vidhi (°ya-āh°), is, m. ‘method

of extracting splinters or other foreign substances,’

N. of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Sūtra-sthāna

or first book of the Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhita. —Śa-

lyoddhāra (°ya-ud°), as, m. extraction of arrows or

thorns or other pointed substances from the body;

weeding; the ceremony of cleansing or purifying a

new house. [ID=46259]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Other Proper Names (Śalya)

4 definitions

Name of an Asura

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of another king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Vipracitti

— The Purana Index

a son of Somadatta

— The Purana Index

King Śalya of Madra

3 definitions

pertaining to Shalya, a king of Madra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

king of the Madras, brother of Madri, and father of Rukmaratha

शल्य (śalya) [Printed book page 188-1]
Śalya, king of the Madras, brother of Mādrī, the wife of

Pāṇḍu, and father of Rukmaratha. § 9 (Parvasaṅgr.): I,

2, 301 (arddhadivasaṃ, sc. rarakṣa Kuru-vāhinīm, i.e. on

the first half of the eighteenth day of the battle).—§ 11

(do.): I, 2, 389, 498, 543, 552.—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67,

2642 (Bāhlīkapuṅgavaḥ, incarnation of the Asura Saṃhrāda).

—§ 174 (Pāṇḍudigvijaya): I, 113, 4437, 4438, 4440 (having

accepted precious gifts from Bhīṣma, Ś. gave his sister

Mādrī in marriage to Pāṇḍu).—§ 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I,

186, 6993 (Madrarājaḥ…sahaputraḥ | Rukmāṅgadena

vīrena tathā Rukmarathena ca).—§ 233 (do.): I, 187, †7019,

7032 (Madrarājaḥ); 188, 7037, 7051; 190, 7092 (Madrānām

īśvaraḥ), 7107, 7111, 7112, 7113, 7117 (at the svayaṃvara

of Draupadī, Ś. with the other kings present fought with the

Pāṇḍavas, who disguised as brahmans had won Draupadī).—

§ 285 (Nakula): II, 32, 1197 (coming to Śākala, the city

of the Madras, Nakula made his uncle Ś. accept the sway

of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 287 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 34, 1266

(came to the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 289 (Arghā-

haraṇap.): II, 37, 1351 (Madrādhipe, among the kings,

named by Śiśupāla, as passed over by Bhīṣma in bestowing

the arghā).—§ 290 (Śiśupālavadhap.): II, 44, 1540 (do.).—

§ 296 (Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1916 (among the kings who waited

upon Yudhiṣṭhira at the rājasūya).—§ 298 (do.): II, 58,

2015 (present at the game).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4γ,

71 (among the kings to whom the Pāṇḍavas ought to send

messengers).—§ 555 (do.): V, 8, 172, 187, 190, (191),

(194), 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, (217) (Śalya was coming

with one akṣauhiṇī of troops to the Pāṇḍavas, but having

been honoured by Duryodhana he promised to become the

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leader of Duryodhana's army; to Yudhiṣṭhira Ś. promised

to dispirit Karṇa, when he became Karṇa's charioteer).—

§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 9, (228) (Ś. related to Yudhiṣṭhira

the history of Indra's victory (Indravijaya)), (243), (266);

10, (295), (304), (318); 11, (342); 12, (368), (377), (391),

(394); 13, (401); 14, (428); 15, (446), (461), (468); 16,

(493), (†511), (518); 17, (520), (525), (540); 18, (544).—

§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 18, 565, 566, (568), 569

(Madrādhipaḥ); 19δ, 585 (joined Duryodhana with one

akṣauhiṇī of troops).—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 25θ,

†733; 27, †791.—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47α, 1796;

55λ, 2186, (ν), 2206 (enumeration of the chief warriors of

Duryodhana); 57ρ, 2281; 60χ, 2375 (Madrarājaḥ); 61ω,

2409.—§ 570 (Sainyaniryānap.): V, 155θ, 5274 (commanded

one akṣauhiṇī of troops).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V,

160, 5502. 5529 (Karṇa-Ś°jhasāvarttaṃ, sc. puruṣodadhiṃ,

i.e. the army of Duryodhana), 5531 (Śala-Śalyamatsyaṃ,

do.); 161, 5547 (= 5529); 164ε, 5707 (Dhṛṣṭaketu is pitted

against Ś.).—§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkh.): V, 165, 5739

(Madrarājaḥ, is an atiratha), 5740 (bhāgineyān nijāṃs

tyaktvā).—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 195ζ, 7612.—§ 576

(Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 16α, 622; 17γ, 657, 662.—§ 577

(Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 43β, 1549, 1605, (1607), (1613),

1614, (1615) (Ś. promises to Yudhiṣṭhira to weaken the

energy of Karṇa).—§ 578 (do.): VI, [45⁷ (Ś. (Madrarājan,

Madrapati, v. 1697, Madreśvara, v. 1699) battles with

Yudhiṣṭhira)]; 47γ²⁵, 1809, ²⁶1817, 1826, ²⁸1843 (battles

with Uttara), ³⁰1862, 1863; 48, 1868, (θ), ³⁴1925, (ι),

³⁵1957, (λ), ³⁶1963; 49, ³⁷2010, 2013 (attacked by Śaṅkha),

⁴⁰2019; 50ο, 2070; 51ρ, 2092, (ϕ), 2107.—§ 579 (do.):

VI, 52¹β, 2134; 55¹⁵κ, 2360, 2362, (λ)¹⁶, 2364, (μ), 2365.

—§ 580 (do.): VI, 56¹β, 2406; 59ν, †2621, (ρ), †2648.—

§ 581 (do.): VI, 60β, †2672; 61²γ, 2680, 2687, 2689,

2690, (ε), ⁴2715; 62⁴, 2723, 2724, 2726, 2745 (svasrīyau—

i.e. Nakula and Sahadeva—…ānarcchat); 64, ¹³2836

(pierced by Bhīmasena); 65ν, 2928.—§ 582 (do.): VI,

69β, 3080; 71δ, 3139 (Madrāṇām ṛṣabheṇa, fought with

Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 583 (do.): VI, 75θ, 3304.—§ 584 (do.):

VI, 81α, 3533, [3556 (Madrarājānaṃ, attacked by Nakula

and Sahadeva)]; [83 (Madreśvara, v. 3681, 3693, Madrarāja,

v. 3687, 3689, 3690, battled with Nakula and Sahadeva)];

85ε, †3768, †3777 (fought with Śikhandin); 86ζ, 3838.—

§ 585 (do.): VI, 92χ, 4118, 4138; 94ω, 4194; 95γγ,

4244; 97κκ, 4407; 98νν, 4489.—§ 586 (do.): VI, 99β,

4503 (in the right wing of Bhīṣma's sarvatobhadravyūha);

102ι, 4666; 103ξ, 4724; 105, 4794, 4795 (attacked

Yudhiṣṭhira); 113ι, 5239, 5242, 5247, 5262, 5263, 5272,

5278 (battled with Bhīmasena); 114κ, 5291, 5296, 5313;

[116 (Madrarājan, v. 5415, Madreśvara, v. 5416, battled

with Yudhiṣṭhira)]; 117σ, 5496, 5497; 118τ, 5519; 119ψ,

5583.—§ 590 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 14, 525 (fought with

Nakula—svasrīyaṃ), 572, 575, 576 (fought with Abhimanyu);

15, 585, 587, 588, 595, 596 (°Vṛkodarau), 598, 611 (battles

with Bhīmasena).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 20δ,

800 (in the right wing of Droṇa's garuḍvyūha); [25

(Madrarāj, v. 1079, Madreśa, v. 1080, battled with Yudhi-

ṣṭhira)]; 32ω, 1410.—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.):

VII, 34γ, 1504; 37κ, 1609, 1617, 1619 (vanquished by

Abhimanyu); 38, 1625 (Madreśaṃ; Ś°ād avarajaḥ, i.e. the

younger brother of Ś., attacked Abhimanyu, when Ś. had

been vanquished, but was slain); 39μ, 1650; 45, 1816

(Rukmarathaṃ putraṃ Śalyasya, is slain); 48, 1897.—§ 596

(Pratijñāp.): VII, 74, [α, 2619 (Madreśaḥ)], (β), 2627;

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[75γ, 2673 (Madreśaḥ)].—§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII,

85β, 3036, (γ), 3042; 87θ, 3098.—§ 599 (Jayadratha-

vadhap.): VII, 95, 3529 (Madrāṇām īśvaraḥ), (η), 3540;

[96, 3570 (Madrarājānaṃ)]; 104, 3915, 3916, 3921 (battles

with Arjuna); 105ν, 3943 (Madrarājasya; (b): On Ś.'s

standard-top was a plough-furrow (sītāṃ) of gold looking like

the presiding goddess of corn (Sītā) producing every seed),

3949 (°sya, error in C. for Śalasya (so B.)); [119ββ, 4720

(Madreśvaraḥ)]; 145, [ννν, 6074 (Madrarājena), 6077

(Madreśena)], 6109, [6139 (Madrarājaḥ), 6142 (Madra-

rājaṃ)]; 146, 6206, 6247, 6251 (fought with Arjuna);

147σσσ, 6363 (Madrādhipaḥ); 149ωωω, 6488; 151¹γ, 6550.

—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 156κ, 6851; [158ψ,

7030 (Madrarāja)]; 159ββ, 7087; 160γγ, 7146; 163,

†7290; 164, 7338; [165, 7369 (Madrarāja)]; 167, 7497,

7498 (slaughtered the division of Virāṭa); 170λλ, 7624.—

[§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 187ι, 8545 (Madrarāja).]—

§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstram.): VII, 193α, 8903 (Madrāṇām

īśvaraḥ); [198ρ, 9167 (Madrarāja)].—§ 604 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 2γ, 45; 7, †199 (tejovadhaṃ Sūtaputrasya pratiśrutyā-

jataśatroḥ purastāt…Ś°ḥ, cf. VI, 1614); 9, 330

(Madrarājaḥ), 334.—§ 605 (do.): VIII, 11τ, 418 (senayā

sārddhaṃ Madradeśa samutthayā); 13, 496 (attacked by

Śrutakīrti); 31, 1308, 1309 (Karṇa wants Ś. as his

charioteer), 1311, 1312. 1314 (has no equal in knowledge of

horses—hayajñāna); 32σσ, 1340, 1348 (Karṇa-Ś°au), 1354,

1355, (1356), 1376, (υυ), 1378, 1381 (etymology of his name:

śalyabhūtas tu śatrūṇām yasmāt tvaṃ yudhi mānada | tasmāc

Chalyo hi te nāma kathycte pṛthivītale), 1384, (ϕϕ), (1387).—

§ 606 (Karṇap.): VIII, 34, 1578, 1583, 1616 (Duryodhana

relates to Ś. the Tripurākhyāna and the history of Paraśu-

Rāma); 35, (1625), 1643 (tvam śalyabhūtaḥ śatrūṇām

aviṣahyaḥ parākrame | tatas tvam ucyase rājan Ś°a ity

arisūdana), (1648) (agrees to become Karṇa's charioteer), 1652,

1654, 1656, 1657, 1661 (Madrādhipaḥ), (1662), (1666).—§ 607

(do.): VIII, 36, 1671, 1675, 1680, 1683, 1693, 1694, 1695,

(1697); 37, †1716, †1727, †1730, †1734, (†1739), 1749, 1750

(śvetāśvaḥ Śalyasārathiḥ, i.e. Karṇa); [38, 1779 (Madra-

rāja)]; 39, (1781), 1793 (being the charioteer of Karṇa, Ś.

praises Arjuna in order to make Karṇa cheerless); 40, 1816,

1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1825, 1828, 1836 (Karṇa

describes the bad practices of the Madrakas, etc.), 1868;

41, 1873, (1930); 42, †1962, †1963, †1965, †1968,

†1971, †1972, †1987, 1999, 2002, 2006; 43, 2015,

2020, 2021, 2022 (°sahasreṇa); 44, (2024), 2053; 45,

2071, 2080, †2087 (Karṇa describes the bad practices of the

Madras, etc.), 2092, 2108, (2112), 2119, 2120.—§ 608 (do.):

VIII, 46, 2162, 2197, (2198); 49, 2330, 2353; 50, 2395

(Madrakādhipaḥ), 2396, (2405), 2409, 2418, 2420, 2422;

[51, 2460 (Madrarāja)]; [57, 2840 (Madrarāja)]; 63, 3195,

3204, 3205; [64, 3257 (Madrarāja)]; 73, [3647 (Madrarājan)],

3694 (Madrajanādhipaṃ), 3728; 78, 3947, 3949 (Madra-

rājaḥ), 3950; 79ζʹ, 4014, 4043, (†4047), †4058, †4062,

†4067; 84, 4268, 4277; 86, 4349 (śvetāśvaḥ Śalyasārathiḥ,

i.e. Karṇa); 87, 4387 (Kṛṣṇa-Ś°rathopetau, sc. Karṇa and

Arjuna), 4462, 4471, 4472, 4473, 4474, (4475), 4478, 4480;

89, †4586, †4608; 90, †4649; 92, †4818 (wanting in B.),

†4819; 94, [†4895 (Madrapati)], †4896, †4917; 95αυ, 4967,

4974.—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 1, 8 (°ṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtva, all. to

§ 610), 10, 26 (Madrādhipo hataḥ); 2ζ, 72, 104.—§ 610

(do.): IX, 6ξ, 293, 296, (π), 310, 313, 314, (318) (Ś. is

elected commander (senāpati) of Duryodhana's army); 7,

329, 341 (his investiture), (υ), 345 (Madrarājaḥ), 355, 360.—

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§ 611 (do.): IX, 8, 372 (Madrarājaṃ), (α), 373, 380,

381, 384, (ζ), 396, 397; 9, 452; 10, 464, 465; 11, 538,

548, 552, 553, 554, 556, 559, 560, 562, 564, 571 (Sahadeva

slew the son of Ś.), 576, 586, 587, 590; 12, 593, 602, 605,

609, 617 (Madrāṇāṃ vṛṣabhaṃ), 639, 645, 651, 654; 13,

657, 659 (°ṃ śalyabhūtaṃ parākrame), 663, 668, 672, 677,

679, 684, 686, 688, 696, 704; 15, 761, 763, 767 (pīḍitas

tena svasrīyena, i.e. by Nakula), 772, 782, 795; 16, 802,

804, 805, 808, 813, 816, 821, 827, 848, 849, 851, 855, 856,

857; 17, †883, †885, †886, †892, †900, †901, †912, 924 (is

slain by Yudhiṣṭhira on the eighteenth day of the battle,

when Ś. had commanded the army of Duryodhana half-a-

day), †953; 18, 955 (nihate), 959; 19, 1000 (hate), 1002

(do.), 1005 (do.); 24, 1298 (do.); 27, 1457 (Madrarājo

hataḥ).—§ 613 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 32β, 1837 (Madra-

rājasya); 33ι, 1934 (hataḥ).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthāy.): IX,

52, 3004 (hataṃ), 3005 (nihataṃ); 54, 3065 (hate).—§ 615

(Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 56, 3162 (hataḥ); 64εε, 3589, 3612.

—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 1γ, 29.—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.):

XI, 16α, 447; 23, 635 (Nakulamātulaḥ, bewailed as killed),

638, 640 (Madrarājaṃ), 642, 643.—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.):

XI, 26β, 786 (his body is burnt).—§ 621 (Rājadharm.):

XII, 5ζ, 140.—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 60α, 1775, 1797

(hate).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 32θ, 877 (among the

dead kings who arose from the Gaṅgā).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Ārt(t)āyani: VI, 2146, 2148, 2729; VII, 581, 584;

VIII, †198, 1380 (etymology: ṛtam eva hi pūrvās te vadanti

puruṣottamāḥ | tasmād Ā°iḥ prokto bhavān); IX, 347, 561.

Bālhīkapuṅgava, q.v.

Madrādhipa (“king of the Madras”): II, 1351 (Ś°);

V, 569, 2244; VI, 2012, †2623, 2729, 2730, 2732, †3764;

VII, 592, 593, 607, 615, 6363 (Ś°), 7488, 7494; VIII, 1661

(Ś°), †1962 (Ś°), 2025, 2395 (Ś°), 2438, 3688, †4827; IX,

26 (Ś°), 598, 599, 687, 854, 861, †873, †876, †888, †889,

†892, †902, †904.

Madrādhipati (do.): I, 7117 (Ś°); VI, 1842, 2723;

VIII, †4958; IX, 326, 518, †874, †880, †881, †899, †910.

Madraja (“born among the Madras”): VII, 1602.

Madrajanādhipa (“king of the Madras”): VIII,

2026, 3694 (Ś°); IX, †875.

Madrajaneśvara (do.): VIII, 2410; IX, 359.

Madraka: VIII, 2019.

Madrakādhama (“lowest among the Madrakas”):

VIII, 1868 (Karṇa scolds him).

Madrakādhipa (“king of the Madrakas”): IX, 813.

Madrakeśvara (do.): VI, 1616; VIII, 2006 (Ś°).

Madrāṇām adhipa(ḥ) (“the king of the Madras”):

VII, 613; VIII, 331 (Sauvīraḥ); IX, 332, 674, 782, 784.

Madrāṇām īśvara(ḥ) (do.): I, 7092 (Ś°); VII,

3529 (Ś°), 8903 (Ś°); VIII, 2404, 2408.

Madrāṇām ṛṣabha(ḥ) (“the bull of the Madras”):

VI, 3138.

Madrāṇāṃ vṛṣabha(ḥ) (do.): IX, 617 (Ś°).

Madrapa (“king of the Madras”): I, 4432, 4436;

VIII, †1747, 1866; IX, 618, †878.

Madrapati (do.): I, 4426 (°eḥ puraṃ); VI, 1697;

VIII, †1729, †1747, †4833, †4895; IX, 862, 864.

Madrarāj (do.): VI, 1604; VII, 1079, 6062, 6096;

VIII, †1738; IX, 570, 678, 916.

Madrarāja (do.): I, †196, †205, 497, 542, 4429, 6993

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(Ś°), 7367 (Ś°); V, 188, 198, 566, 2375 (Ś°), 5739 (Ś°);

VI, 1849, 1864, 2014, 2728, 3687, 3689, 3690, 4792, 4796,

4798, 4800, 5265, 5363; VII, 589, 600, 606, 1589, 1660,

2673, 3894, 3918, 3943 (Ś°), 5353, 5541, 5629, 6074, 6139,

6142, 7030, 7055, 7369, 7484, 7486, 7491, 7493, 8545,

9167; VIII, 45 (Ś°), 330 (Ś°), 334 (Ś°), 1313, 1323,

1324, 1341, 1390, 1632, 1655, 1656, 1665, 1670, 1672,

1673, 1674, 1679, 1703, 1779, 1869, 2014, 2394, 2460,

2840, 3190, 3193, 3207, 3257, 3949 (Ś°), 4021, †4648,

†4815; IX, 120, 121, 321, 342, 345 (Ś°), 349, 352,

354, 358, 372 (Ś°), 377, 385, 388, 391, 409, 451, 460,

463, 466, 512, 515, 539, 540, 541, 589, 590 (Ś°), 600

(°Vṛkodarau), 604, 608, 626, 643, 650, 656, 689, 690, 691,

697, 698, 700, 768, 773, 775, 776, 778, 780, 781, 785, 786,

794, 796, 800, 809, 810, 824, 826, 851, 852 (°Yudhiṣṭhirau),

†898, †903, 942 (hate), 955 (nihate), 960, 969 (°padānugān,

will revenge his death), 978 (do.), 982 (do.), 983 (do.), 990

(°ānugeṣu), 993, 994 (nipātitam), 996 (pātite), 998, 1003

(hate), 1018 (hataṃ), 1023, 1207, 1457 (hataḥ), 1837 (Ś°),

3061 (among the fallen); XI, 636 (nihataḥ śete), 640, 641.

Madrarājan (do.): VI, 1697, 3556, 5415; VII, 3570;

VIII, 1651, 1872, 3647; IX, 685; XIV, 1796.

Madrarājeśvarātmaja(?): VIII, 1386.

Madreśa (“king of the Madras”): VII, 1080, 1625, 2619,

6077; VIII, 1345, 1391, 1579, 1749, 2196, †4063; IX, 555,

556, 774, 823, 842, 848, †921 (praśāntaṃ); XIV, 1794.

Madreśvara (do.): I, 551; VI, 1699, 3681, 3693,

5269, 5315, 5416; VII, 4720; VIII, 1325, 1327, 1331,

1379, 1793 (Ś°), 4354; IX, 356, 660, 683, 694, 772.

Sauvīra, q.v.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Appointed commander of the Kuru army after Karna's death

— The Purana Index

Referential/Lexicographical Notes

3 definitions

See column 1.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See col. 1

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

See Ishu

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Specific Animals (Porcupine, Hedgehog, Fish)

3 definitions

a porcupine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of fish

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A hedgehog. 2. A fence or boundary. 3. The surgical extraction of splinters. 4. The name of a king of Madra and maternal uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Foreign/Painful Object in Body; Medical Context

2 definitions

anything that causes pain or an extraneous substance lodged in the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Any extraneous substance lodged in the body or a dart. 2. Tormenting and heart-rending sorrow. 3. A bone. 4. Sin.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Plants (Thorny Shrub, Tree)

2 definitions

Vangueria Spinosa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Aegle marmelos

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Kind of Dance (Śalyā)

1 definition

a kind of dance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Abuse or Defamation

1 definition

abuse or defamation

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Boundary or Fence

1 definition

a fence or boundary

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Fault or Defect (Figurative)

1 definition

a fault or defect

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Iron Crowbar

1 definition

an iron crow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Poison

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poison

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