# विराट (virāṭa)

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विराट (virāṭa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a district of India, an ancient king of a district in India, an epithet of Buddha, name of a district in India, name of an ancient king, a country, probably Berar. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them A geographical region and a king/sovereign, King Virāṭa / An ancient king, A geographical region.

- **Etymology:** E. वि before रट to sound, aff. घञ् — E. vi before raṭa to sound, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `virAwa`  **IAST:** virāṭa  **Devanagari:** विराट
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virata
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/virata/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** वीरता (vīratā), विरात (virāta), विरता (viratā), विरत (virata), विरट (viraṭa)

## Meanings by context

### A geographical region and a king/sovereign (5 definitions)
- 1. A country, probably Berar. 2. A sovereign.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) राट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 781 ] वि (vi) राट (virāṭa) m. ( - टः (-ṭaḥ) ) 1 A country, one of the midland divisions of India, probably Berar. 2 A sovereign. E. वि (vi) before रट (raṭa) to sound, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=35630 ]
- 1. A midland country of India. 2. A sovereign.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 700-a ] वि - राट (vi-rāṭa) ( टः ) ((ṭaḥ)) 1. m. A midland country of India; a sovereign. [ ID=35229 ]
- 1. Name of a district. 2. Name of a king of the Matsyas.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 673-08 ] विराट (virāṭa) m. 1. Name of a district; 2. name of a king of the Matsyas. (See App. II.) [ ID=35375 ]
- 1. A country in India, probably Berar. 2. A sovereign.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) राट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 668-a ] वि (vi) राट (virāṭa) m. ( - टः (-ṭaḥ) ) 1. A country, one of the midland division of India, probably Berār. 2. A sovereign. E. वि (vi) before रट् (raṭ) to sound, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=37287 ]
- 1. Name of a district in India. 2. Name of an ancient king.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 0935-b ] विराट (virāṭa) virāṭa, as, m., N. of one of the midland or north-west districts of India (perhaps Page0935-c+ 73 Berar); N. of an ancient king of a particular district in India, (the Pāṇḍavas being obliged to live in con- cealment during the thirteenth year of their exile, journied to the court of this king and entered his service in various disguises.) —Virāṭa-ja, as, m. = rāja-paṭṭa, a sort of inferior diamond (said to be found in the country Virāṭa). —Virāṭa-parvan, a, n., N. of the fourth book of the Mahā-bhārata (describ- ing the adventures of the Pāṇḍu princes when living in the service of king Virāṭa). [ ID=43709 ]

### King Virāṭa / An ancient king (4 definitions)
- An ancient king of a district in India  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of an ancient king of a particular district in India, (the Pāṇḍavas being obliged to live in concealment during the thirteenth year of their exile, journeyed to the court of this king and entered his service in various disguises), MBh.; Hariv. &c. [ ID=199250 ]
- See Matsya  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 1196-a ] विराट (virāṭa) See मत्स्य (matsya). [ ID=32163 ]
- an ancient king  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 504 ] विराट (virāṭa) m. N. of an ancient king. [ ID=29991 ]
- The Matsya king and father of Uttara  
  *The Purana Index*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 3-256 ] Virāṭa — the father of Uttarā: the Matsya king; as a friend of Jarāsandha, besieged the southern gate of Mathurā, and the eastern gate of Gomanta. 1 But he joined the Pāṇḍavas against the Kurus, and went to Syamanta- pañcaka for the solar eclipse; 2 in charge of Dakṣiṇāpatha. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 8. 14; 10. 9; X. 50. 11 [3]; 52. 11 [7].] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. X. 78 [95 (v) 9]; 82. 25.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. III. 63. 11.] [ ID=13074 ]

### A geographical region (2 definitions)
- a district of India  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 983,1] विराट (virāṭa) m. N. of one of the midland or northwest districts of India (perhaps Berar), VarBṛS. [ ID=199249 ]
- the name of a country  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 0866-b ] विराट (virāṭa) virāṭa, m. The name of a country. [ ID=13531 ]

### A name of Buddha (1 definition)
- an epithet of Buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Buddha, L. [ ID=199251 ]

### The Virāṭaparvan (1 definition)
- Virataparvan  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > विराट (virāṭa) [Printed book page 741-2 ] Virāṭa = Virāṭaparvan: I, 89. [ ID=12162 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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