# श्रुतायुध (śrutāyudha)

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श्रुतायुध (śrutāyudha) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a man, a king of the Kalingas. Its 3 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Śrutāyudha (general reference), Śrutāyudha, King of Kaliṅga, Śrutāyudha, son of Varuṇa with the divine mace.

- **SLP1:** `SrutAyuDa`  **IAST:** śrutāyudha  **Devanagari:** श्रुतायुध
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrutayudha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shrutayudha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Śrutāyudha (general reference) (1 definition)
- the name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1101,2] श्रुता (śrutā) युध (yudha) m. N. of a man, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=223528 ]

### Śrutāyudha, King of Kaliṅga (1 definition)
- a king of the Kalingas  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > श्रुतायुध (śrutāyudha) [Printed book page 216-2 ] Śrutāyudha 1, king of the Kaliṅgas. § 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4 β, 121 ( Kāliṅgaḥ, among the kings who were present Page217-a+ 62 when Yudhiṣṭhira entered his palace).—§ 576 (Bhīṣma- vadhap.): VI, 16 α, 623 ( Kāliṅgaḥ, in Duryodhana's army); 17 γ, 657. Cf. Śrutāyus 2, Kaliṅga, Kāliṅga, Kaliṅgādhipati, Kaliṅgaka. [ ID=2752 ]

### Śrutāyudha, son of Varuṇa with the divine mace (1 definition)
- a king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 217-1 ] Śrutāyudha 2, a king. § 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 92, 3295 (fights Arjuna), 3301 3303, 3304, 3310 ( c ) ( Ś. was the son of Varuṇa and the river Parṇāśā; at the request of Parṇāśā, Varuṇa had given him a mace and mantras, by means of which he would be invincible in battle, if he did not hurl it at anyone who was not engaged in fighting, for then it would come back and slay himself), 3312, 3314 ( Ś. hurled his mace at Kṛṣṇa, who did not fight and was himself slain), 3315, 3317, 3320, 3337; 93, 3338 ( hate ); 94, 3410 ( nihate Savyasācinā (!)), 3438 ( nihataḥ ).—§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX, 24 νν, 1297 ( hate ). [ ID=2753 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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