# विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya)

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विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a celebrated king of the lunar race, an ancient king, name of a king of the lunar race, a king, son of Shantanu and Satyavati. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them King Vicitravīrya (Detailed Narrative and Lineage), King Vicitravīrya (General Identification).

- **SLP1:** `vicitravIrya`  **IAST:** vicitravīrya  **Devanagari:** विचित्रवीर्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichitravirya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vichitravirya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### King Vicitravīrya (Detailed Narrative and Lineage) (3 definitions)
- the name of a celebrated king of the lunar race  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 959,1] वि - चित्र (vi-citra) — वीर्य (—vīrya) m. ‘of marvellous heroism’, N. of a celebrated king of the lunar race (the son of Śāṃtanu by his wife Satya-vatī, and so half-brother of Bhīṣma; when he died childless, his mother requested Vyāsa, whom she had borne before her marriage to the sage Parāśara, to raise up issue to Vicitra-vīrya; so Vyāsa married the two widows of his half-brother, Ambikā and Ambālikā, and by them became the father of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu; cf. Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 375; 376 ), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur. [ ID=194851 ]
- a king, son of Shantanu and Satyavati  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) [Printed book page 726-2 ] Vicitravīrya, a king, son of Śāntanu and Satyavatī. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 94 ( kṣetre V°sya…Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipā- yanaḥ…trīn…Kauravyān janayām āsa, all. to § 171). —§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 375 ( °sya…rājye sampratipā- danaṃ ).—§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2441 ( Kṛṣṇa- Dvaipayanād…kṣetre V°sya, all. to § 171).—§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3803 ( V. and Citrāṅgada were the sons of Śāntanu and Satyavatī, cf. § 166), ††3804 (married Ambikā and Ambālīkā, cf. § 167).—§ 157 (do.): I, 95, ††3805 (died without offspring, cf. § 167), ††3807 (Vyāsa begot children on the widows of V., cf. § 171).—§ 166 (Citrāṅgadop.): I, 101, 4069 (the birth of V.), 4078 (after the death of Citrāṅgada, V., who was still a child, was installed as king), 4079.—§ 167 (Vicitravīryoparama): I, 102, 4126, 4131, 4137, 4138, 4140, 4142, 4145 ( V. married Ambikā and Ambālikā, but soon died of consumption).—§ 171 (Vicitravīryasutotpatti): I, 105, 4224 ( °kṣetreṣu ), 4240 (do.), 4253, 5254 ( bhrātā V°sya, i.e. Vyāsa); 106, 4304 (Vyāsa begot Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu on the widows of V. and Vidura on the maid of Ambikā).—§ 213 (Jatugṛhap.): I, 145, 5744 ( Śāntanavaḥ…rājarṣiḥ ); 151, 5906 ( snuṣāṃ V°sya, i.e. Kuntī).—§ 236 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 192, †7173 ( °sya sutasya, i.e. Pāṇḍu).—§ 290 (Śicupāla- vadhap.): II, 41, 1455 ( bhrātā V°s te, sc. Bhīṣma's, all. to § 167).—§ 401 (Balarāma): III, 119, †10248 ( °sya sutaḥ, i.e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra).—§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 147, 4978, 4979 (repetition from §§ 166—171).—§ 572 (Rathātiratha- saṅkhyānap.): V, 172, 5938 (all. to § 166).—§ 573 (Ambopā- khyānap.): V, 173, 5947, 5948; 174, 5967 (repetition from § 167); 176, 6072 (do.).—§ 744 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, Page727-a+ 63 44 β, 2441 (repetition from § 167, but with some alterations). —§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 9 λ, 283. Cf. Kaurava, Kauravya, Kurukulodvaha. [ ID=11856 ]
- A son of Shantanu and Dasayi, married to Ambika and Ambalika.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) [Printed book page 3-217 ] Vicitravīrya — a Kṣetraja son of Matsyagandhī; 1 a son of Śantanu and Dāsayī: married the two daughters of the Kāśī king — Ambikā and Ambālikā, gained in svayamvara by Bhīṣma. Being too much attached to them he took ill and died. 2 By his appointment Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana gave two sons Page3-218+ 28 Dhṛtarāṣṭṛa, and Pāṇḍu to Ambikā and Vidura to Ambālikā, his queens. 3 [ Footnote: 1) M. 14. 17; Vi. IV. 20. 34.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IX. 22. 21-4; X. 49. 17; Br. III. 10. 70; Vā. 73. 18; 99. 240; Vi. IV. 20. 36-7.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 50. 45-7.] [ ID=12744 ]

### King Vicitravīrya (General Identification) (2 definitions)
- name of a king of the lunar race  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) [Printed book page 660-31 ] विचित्र - वीर्य (vicitra-vīrya) m. name of a king of the lunar race. (See App. II.) [ ID=34785 ]
- an ancient king  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) [Printed book page 492 ] विचित्रवीर्य (vicitravīrya) m. N. of an ancient king. [ ID=29291 ]

## Sources

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

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