# सुभद्रा (subhadrā)

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सुभद्रा (subhadrā) is a Sanskrit word meaning very glorious, splendid, auspicious, or fortunate, azadirachta Indica, an epithet of Vishnu, of Sanat-kumara, a son of Vasudeva, a son of Krishna. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Name of Other Female Individuals, Name of Other Male Individuals, Subhadrā (sister of Kṛṣṇa, wife of Arjuna).

- **SLP1:** `suBadrA`  **IAST:** subhadrā  **Devanagari:** सुभद्रा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhadra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/subhadra/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सुभद्र (subhadra)

## Meanings by context

### Name of Other Female Individuals (6 definitions)
- a wife of Durgama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a wife of Durgama, MārkP. [ ID=248024.28 ]
- the daughter of Balin and wife of Avikshita  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a daughter of Balin and wife of Avīkṣita, ib. [ ID=248024.30 ]
- the granddaughter of Rukmin and wife of Aniruddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a grand daughter of Rukmin and wife of Aniruddha, VP. [ ID=248024.32 ]
- daughter of the Asura Sumaya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a daughter of the Asura Su-māya, Kathās. [ ID=248024.34 ]
- a poetess  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a poetess, Cat. [ ID=248024.38 ]
- the wife of Aniruddha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Subhadrā (III) — the wife of Aniruddha. Vi. IV. 15. 40. [ ID=16318 ]

### Name of Other Male Individuals (5 definitions)
- a son of Vasudeva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vasu-deva, BhP. [ ID=248024.08 ]
- a son of Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Kṛṣṇa, ib. [ ID=248024.10 ]
- a son of Idhmajihva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Idhmajihva, ib. [ ID=248024.12 ]
- of the last man converted by Gautama Buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the last man converted by Gautama Buddha, SaddhP. [ ID=248024.14 ]
- of a scholar, Jain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a scholar, Jain [ ID=248024.16 ]

### Subhadrā (sister of Kṛṣṇa, wife of Arjuna) (3 definitions)
- a younger sister of Krishna and wife of Arjuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a younger sister of Kṛṣṇa and wife of Arjuna (she was forcibly carried off by Arjuna from Dvārakā wish Kṛṣṇa's permission, as described in Mahābhārata (Title) i, ch. 219; 220; her image is borne in procession with those of Jagannātha and Bala-rāma), Mahābhārata (Title); Hariv. &c. [ ID=248024.26 ]
- daughter of Vasudeva, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Abhimanyu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > सुभद्रा (subhadrā) [Printed book page 651-2 ] Subhadrā 1, daughter of Vasudeva, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Abhimanyu. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, †149.—§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 400, 401, 428.—§ 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatā- raṇap.): I, 61, 2273 ( anujāṃ Vāsudevasya ), 2274 (all. to § 252).—§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2449 ( Abhi- manyuḥ S°āyām Arjunād abhyajāyata, cf. § 253).—§ 159 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3830 ( bhaginīṃ Vāsudevasya, by Arjuna, mother of Abhimanyu).—§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I, 219, 7919 (only C., B. has Bhadrāṃ ), 7922 ( Sāraṇasya sahodarā ); 220, 7936, 7938, 7939, 7959 ( S. is ravished by Arjuna).—§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 7968, 7980, 8004 (the nuptials of Arjuna and S.), 8025 ( Keśavasya priyā- svasā, mother of Abhimanyu ( Saubhadraṃ )), 8026.—§ 254 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 222, 8072.—§ 262 (Bhagava- dyāna): II, 2, 25 ( Bhadrāṃ ).—§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 24, 977.—§ 292 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 45, 1618.—§ 321 (Saubhavadhap.): III, 22, 895 (Kṛṣṇa brought S. and Abhimanyu to Dvārakā).—§ 356 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 80, 4018 (all. to § 252).—§ 452 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 183, †12570, †12583.—§ 511 (Draupadī-Satyabhāmāsaṃv.): III, 235, 14733.—§ 552 (Arjuna): IV, 49 ε, 1536 (all. to § 252), —§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35, 1533 ( jātaḥ S°ayā, sc. Abhimanyu); 51, 1989, 1991 (Abhimanyu is slain).— § 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 72, 2501 ( °āyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ, i.e. Abhimanyu), 2528 ( °āyāñ ca sambhūtaḥ = do.), 2532, 2533; 77, 2714 (consoled by Kṛṣṇa); 78, 2732, 2766, 2770 (do.).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 127, 5167; 143, 6013 ( °āyāḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Abhimanyu).—§ 619 (Strīvi- lāpap.): XI, 20 ε, 582.—§ 783 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 52 γ, 1505 ( °ādayaḥ…Bharatānāṃ striyaḥ ), †1532 (accompanied Kṛṣṇa to Dvārakā).—§ 785 (do.): XIV, 61, 1812, 1818, 1832 ( svasā mama ), 1840, 1848 ( S.'s grief); 66 θ, 1939 (accompanied Kṛṣṇa) (λ), 1948, (μ), 1953; 67, 1965; 70 ο, 2038; 88 ϕ, 2605, 2606.—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 1, 9.—§ 788 (do.): XV, 21, 590 ( hataputrā ).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 29 γ, 784 ( Kṛṣṇabhaginī ), (δ), 801, (ε), 807 ( Kṛṣṇasya bhaginī ).—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 7. Cf. also the following synonyms: Abhimanyujananī (the mother of Abhimanyu): VIII, 4488. Bhadrā : I, 7919 (only B., C. has Subhadrāṃ ), 7982 (read °ā with B.), 7983, 7985; II, 25 ( S° ); VIII, 1250 (all. to § 252); XV, 471. Mādhavī, Sātvatātmajā, Sātvatī, Vārṣneyī, Vāsudevasahodarā Vasudevasutā, Yādavī, Yadunandanī, q.v. [ ID=10104 ]
- 1. Daughter of Vasudeva and Devaki, younger sister of Krishna, wife of Arjuna, mother of Abhimanyu, and grandmother of Parikshit. 2. The pride of the Vrishnis.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सुभद्रा (subhadrā) [Printed book page 3-645 ] Subhadrā (I) — a daughter of Vasudeva and Devakī: queen of Arjuna, mother of Abhimaṇyu, and grandmother of Parīkṣit, younger sister of Kṛṣṇa of dark complexion; 1 taken by Kṛṣṇa to Dvārakā; 2 heard from the wives of Kṛṣṇa of their marriage and was in wonder; 3 grieved at Kṛṣṇa's departure from Hastināpura: welcomed Vidura; 4 the pride of the Vṛṣṇis. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 24. 55; 22. 33; M. 46. 15; 50. 56; Vā. 96. 175-6; Vi. IV. 20. 51. 99. 249.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. 64 [11];] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. X. 84. 1.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. I. 10. 9; 13. 3.] [ Footnote: 5) Br. III. 71. 177-8.] [ ID=16316 ]

### Botanical Names (2 definitions)
- Azadirachta Indica  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सु (su) — भद्र (—bhadra) m. Azadirachta Indica, L. [ ID=248024.02 ]
- various plants, including Ichnocarpus frutescens, Curcuma zedoaria, and Prosopis spicigera  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1229,3] सु (su) — भद्रा (—bhadrā) ( आ (ā) ), f. N. of various well-known plants ( e.g. Ichnocarpus Frutescens; Curcuma Zedoaria; Prosopis Spicigera &c.), L. [ ID=248024.20 ]

### Geographical Names (2 definitions)
- of a mountain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a mountain, Pañcar. [ ID=248024.18 ]
- a region in Plakshadvipa ruled by Subhadra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Varṣa in Plakṣadvīpa ruled by Su-bhadra, BhP. [ ID=248024.44 ]

### Name of Male Deities/Divine Beings (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Viṣṇu, L. [ ID=248024.04 ]
- of Sanat-kumara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( prob. ) of Sanat-kumāra, Pañcar. [ ID=248024.06 ]

### Name of Other Female Deities/Divine Beings (2 definitions)
- a form of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a form of Durgā, Hcat. [ ID=248024.24 ]
- the goddess enshrined at Shonasamgama  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Subhadrā (II) — the goddess enshrined at Śoṇasamgama. M. 13. 45. [ ID=16317 ]

### Specific Technical/Cultural Terms (2 definitions)
- a particular shruti in music  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt. [ ID=248024.22 ]
- The name of a Catvara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Catvara ( q.v. ), MBh. [ ID=248024.42 ]

### Subhadrā (mythical cow) (2 definitions)
- of a mythical cow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a mythical cow, MBh. [ ID=248024.36 ]
- name of a cow  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Subhadrā 2, name of a, cow. § 564 (Mātalīyop.): V, 102, 3610 ( paścimā Vāruṇī dik ca dhāryate vai S°ayā ). [ ID=10105 ]

### Adjective: Auspicious, Glorious (1 definition)
- very glorious, splendid, auspicious, or fortunate  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1229,3] सु (su) — भद्र (—bhadra) ( सु (su)- (su-) ), mf( आ (ā) )n. very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate, RV.; MBh.; BhP. [ ID=248024 ]

### Noun: Fortune, Welfare (1 definition)
- fortune, welfare  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1229,3] सु (su) — भद्र (—bhadra) n. fortune, welfare, BhP. [ ID=248024.40 ]

## Sources

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

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