यदुyadu

यदु (yadu) is a Sanskrit word meaning an ancient country west of the Jamuna river, the people of Yadu or the descendants of king Yadu, an ancient hero, a son of Yayati, a son of Vasu, a son of Haryaśva. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Yadu, the Ancestral King and Hero, Yadu: Multiple Senses (Lexicographical), The Yadu People/Dynasty (Yādavas).

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Yadu, the Ancestral King and Hero

6 definitions

The name of an ancient hero, son of Yayati in epic poetry and ancestor of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Vedic tribe and its chief, and in later mythology, the son of Yayati and ancestor of the Yadava race

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of an ancient king

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An ancient hero and his race

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

son of Yayati and ancestor of the Yadavas

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The eldest son of Yayati and Devayani, and originator of the Yadava race

— The Purana Index

Yadu: Multiple Senses (Lexicographical)

5 definitions

1. The name of an ancient king and ancestor of Krishna. 2. A region west of the Jumna river. 3. The people or descendants of king Yadu.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A king and ancestor of Krishna. 2. A country.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The name of a king, eldest son of Yayati and Devayani, and ancestor of Krishna. 2. A country west of the Yamuna river near Mathura and Brindaban, or according to some, the peninsula of India. 3. The Yadavas, the people and descendants of king Yadu.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The name of a king. 2. The name of a country. 3. A people and the descendants of Yadu.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An ancient hero. 2. A son of Yayati. 3. A son of Vasu. 4. A son of Haryaśva. 5. A country west of the Jumna river. 6. The family and descendants of Yadu.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

The Yadu People/Dynasty (Yādavas)

3 definitions

the people of Yadu or the descendants of king Yadu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an ancient people and their descendants

Yadu, pl. (°avaḥ) (“the descendants of Yadu¹”), a people =

Yādava, pl., commonly synonymous with Vṛṣṇi, pl. § 3

(Anukram.): I, 1, 46 (°ūnāṃ, sc. vaṃśaḥ).—§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.):

I, 2, 623 (°vīrāṇām āpāne vaiśasaṃ, cf. § 793).—§ 132

(Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2796 (°ūnāṃ kule, Kṛṣṇa was born in

the race of the Y.).—§ 233 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 187, †7012

(°puṅgavāḥ).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, †7308 (°ūnāṃ

kule, the black hair of Nārāyaṇa was born as Kṛṣṇa in the

race of the Y.).—§ 262 (Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 54

(°śreṣṭhair Ugrasenamukhaiḥ).—§ 286 (Arghāharaṇap.): II,

26, 1321 (Nārāyaṇaḥ…ajāyata Y°kṣaye, sc. as Kṛṣṇa).

—§ 402 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 120, †10288 (°pravīrāḥ).—

§ 510 (Draupadī-Satyabhāmāsaṃv.): III, 233, 14651

(kathāḥ Kuru-Y°ūtthitāḥ).—§ 524d (Viṣṇu): III, 272,

15848 (ajāyata Y°kṣaye, sc. Viṣṇu as Kṛṣṇa).—§ 562

(Bhagavadyānap.): V, 83, 2937 (°ūnāṃ nandivardhanaṃ, sc.

the chariot of Kṛṣṇa).—§ 580 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 59,

†2609 (had abandoned Kaṃsa).—§ 581 (do.): VI, 60,

†2659 (°ūnām ṛṣabheṇa, i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 599 (Jayadratha-

vadhap.): VII, 118, †4699 (°ūnām ṛṣabhaḥ, i.e. Sātyaki);

140, †5835 (do., do.).—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 37, †1740

(°sadanam Upendrapālitaṃ).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 76, †3853

(cakraṃ…sadārcitaṃ Y°bhiḥ).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrtha-

yātrā): IX, 49, 2831 (°ūnāṃ pravaraḥ, i.e. Balarāma).—

§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 12, 606 (°ūnām ṛṣabhaḥ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa);

13, 655 (°ūnām ṛṣabheṇa, i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 639 (Rājadh.):

XII, 50β, 1816 (°-Kauravāḥ).—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.):

XII, 166δ, 6199.—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 88, 2606

(°striyaḥ).—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 4, †106, †113; 6,

168; 8, 266.—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 8

(°ūnāṃ pariśeṣaś ca Vajraḥ).

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

An ancient lineage of kings and their descendants whose members eventually destroyed each other.

— The Purana Index

Other Individuals Named Yadu

1 definition

a prince

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Yadu as a Country/Region

1 definition

An ancient country west of the Jamuna river.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Yadu as a Yāma Deva

1 definition

a Yama deva

— The Purana Index

Yadu in Vedic Texts (Tribe/Chief)

1 definition

1. An ancient tribe. 2. The king of that tribe.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.