# सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā)

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सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of a son of Krishna, an adopted son of Asamanjas, name of a people, the wife of Bali, of the wife of Virata, the queen of Bali. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Sudeṣṇā, wife of King Bali, Sudeṣṇa (masculine name), Sudeṣṇā, wife of King Virāṭa.

- **SLP1:** `sudezRA`  **IAST:** sudeṣṇā  **Devanagari:** सुदेष्णा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudeshna
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sudeshna/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सुदेष्ण (sudeṣṇa)

## Meanings by context

### Sudeṣṇā, wife of King Bali (3 definitions)
- the wife of Bali  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1225,2] सु (su) — देष्णा (—deṣṇā) ( आ (ā) ), f. N. of the wife of Bali, MBh. [ ID=246773 ]
- the wife of Bali, the king of Anga  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā) [Printed book page 654-1 ] Sudeṣṇā 1, wife of the Aṅga king Bali. § 170 (Dīrgha- tamas): I, 104, 4211, 4216, 4217 (by Dīrghatamas, mother of Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Puṇḍra, and Suhma). [ ID=10168 ]
- the queen of Bali  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā) [Printed book page 3-625 ] Sudeṣṇā — the queen of Bali Vairocana, son of Sutapa; issueless Bali advised her to have intercourse with sage Dirghatamas; finding him old and blind she sent her slave girl (Nurse- Vā. P. ) to whom were born Kakṣīvān and Cakṣuṣa; the king found this out and persuaded the queen and sage once again; the sage agreed on condition that she Page3-626+ 33 smeared all his body with curds and salt and licked the whole of it; she did so omitting the bottom portion; the sage cursed that her first son would be without buttocks; on her request he agreed that her first grandson would be born like that and not her son; she got five sons, Anga, Vanga, etc. Br. III. 74. 34-88; M. 48. 61-79; Vā. 99. 34, 68-86. [ ID=16131 ]

### Sudeṣṇa (masculine name) (2 definitions)
- an epithet of a son of Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1225,2] सु (su) — देष्ण (—deṣṇa) m. N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, Hariv. [ ID=246770 ]
- an adopted son of Asamanjas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an adopted son of Asamañjas ( v.l. - दंष्ट्र (-daṃṣṭra) ), ib. [ ID=246771 ]

### Sudeṣṇā, wife of King Virāṭa (2 definitions)
- of the wife of Virata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of Virāṭa, ib. [ ID=246774 ]
- the wife of Virata  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Sudeṣṇā 2, wife of Virāṭa. § 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 3, 80 ( rājabhāryāṃ ); 9, (252), 264, (265), (278) (Draupadī served S. as a sairindhrī).—§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 14, 374, 375, 378, †383; 15, 431, 432, 434, (435), 439, (440), (446); 16, 491, 497, (499), (501); 20, 604, 630, 631; 24, 836, 855 (how Kīcaka (the brother of S., v. 437), fell in love with Draupadī and was slain).—§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.); IV, 72, 2365. Cf. Kaikeyī. [ ID=10169 ]

### Sudeṣṇa (a people/tribe) (1 definition)
- Name of a people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( pl. ) N. of a people ( v.l. सुदेल्ल (sudella) ), MBh. [ ID=246772 ]

## 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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