# सुदास् (sudās)

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सुदास् (sudās) is a Sanskrit word meaning worshipping the gods well, name of a celebrated king of the Trtsus, devoutly worshipping, the name of a king, a king of the Trtsu who won a famous victory over ten kings. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The King Sudās, Adjective: Devout Worshipper / Generous Giver, Cross-Reference Entry.

- **Root:** दास् (dās)
- **SLP1:** `sudAs`  **IAST:** sudās  **Devanagari:** सुदास्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudas
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sudas/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The King Sudās (3 definitions)
- Name of a celebrated king of the Trtsus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सु (su) — दास् (—dās) m. N. of a celebrated king of the Tṛtsus (son of Divo-dāsa, at whose court both Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra appear to have acted as family priests; Sudās Paijavana is regarded as the author of Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 133 ), Ṛg-veda (Title); AitBr.; GṛŚrS.; Manu-smṛti (Title) vii, 41. [ ID=246630 ]
- The name of a king  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुदास (sudāsa) ् (sudās) [Printed book page 1049-a ] सुदास (sudāsa) ् (sudās) sudās, and (but wrongly) सुदास (sudāsa) sudāsa, m. The name of a king, Chr. 297, 19 = Rigv. i. 112, 19; Man. 7, 41 ( cf. Lois.). [ ID=16213 ]
- A king of the Trtsu who won a famous victory over ten kings.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > सुदास् (sudās) [Printed book page 2-454 ] Su-dās is the name of the Tṛtsu king who won a famous victory over the ten kings, as described in a hymn of the Rigveda. 1 At one time Viśvāmitra was his Purohita, and accompanied him in his victorious raids over the Vipāś (Beās) and Śutudrī (Sutlej). 2 The Aśvins gave him a queen, Sudevī, 3 and also helped him on another occasion. 4 He appears with Trasadasyu in a late hymn without hint of rivalry, 5 but elsewhere he seems to be referred to as defeated by Purukutsa, Trasadasyu's father. 6 In the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 7 he is recognized as a great king, with Vasiṣṭha as his Puro hita, and similarly in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, 8 where his generosity to his priest is related. His exact ancestry is a little uncertain, because he is called Paijavana, ‘son of Pijavana,’ as Yāska explains the patro- nymic. If this explanation is correct, Divodāsa must have been his grandfather. If he was the son of Divodāsa, Pijavana must be understood as a more remote ancestor. The former alternative seems the more probable. Cf. Turvaśa, Dāśarājña. Paijavana, Bharata, Saudāsa. [ Footnote: 1) vii. 18. See also Rv. vii. 20, 2; 25, 3; 32, 10; 33, 3; 64, 3; 83, 1 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 2) Rv. iii. 53, 9, 11. See also Viśvā- mitra and Vaṣiṣṭha. ] [ Footnote: 3) Rv. i. 112, 19.] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. i. 47, 9, where, however, Roth, St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. 1, takes su-dās as an adjective (‘worshipping well’).] [ Footnote: 5) Rv. vii. 19, 3.] [ Footnote: 6) Rv. i. 63, 7, reading Sudāsam for Sudāse with Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 174. Cf. Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 1, 112, n. 1; Geldner, Vedische Studien, 1, 153; Oldenberg, Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 63.] [ Footnote: 7) vii. 34, 9.] [ Footnote: 8) xvi. 11, 14. Cf. Hillebrandt, Vedische Mythologie, 1, 107 et seq.; Weber, Episches im vedischen Ritual, 31 et seq. ] [ ID=3598 ]

### Adjective: Devout Worshipper / Generous Giver (1 definition)
- worshipping the gods well  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1224,3] सु (su) — दास् (dās) (—dās) mfn. ( prob. fr. a √ दास् (dās) = दाश् (dāś) ) worshipping the gods well (bestowing rich gifts, Sāy. ), RV. ( compar. - तर (-tara), ib. ) [ ID=246629 ]

### Cross-Reference Entry (1 definition)
- See page 1120, column 2.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सुदास् (sudās) [Printed book page 1127-c ] सुदास् (sudās) su-dās. See p. 1120, col. 2. [ ID=52407 ]

### Dual Meaning: King and Devout Worshipper (1 definition)
- 1. Devoutly worshipping. 2. The name of a king.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुदास् (sudās) [Printed book page 622 ] सुदास् (sudās) a. devoutly worshipping; m. N. of a king. [ ID=37222 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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