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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

महेन्द्रः, पुं, (महांश्चासाविन्द्रश्च ऐश्वर्य्यवानि- त्यर्थः ।) विष्णुः । इति महाभारते तस्य सहस्र- नामस्तोत्रम् ॥ शक्रः । (यथा, भागवते । ६ । १३ । ६ । “ऋषयस्तदुपाकर्ण्य महेन्द्रमिदमब्रवीत् ॥”) जम्बुद्वीपस्य पर्व्वतविशेषः । इति मेदिनी । रे, २०० ॥ (स च सप्तकुलाचलानामन्यतमः । यथा, मार्कण्डेये । ५७ । १० । “महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः सुक्तिमानृक्षपर्व्वतः । बिन्ध्यश्च पारिपात्रश्च सप्तैवात्र कुलाचलाः ॥”)

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

महेन्द्र¦ m. (-न्द्रः) INDRA, the ruler of Swarga.
2. A range of mountains, one of the seven principal chains in Bha4rata-Barsha or India, and apparently the northern part of the Gha4ts of the peninsula. E. महा chief, great, इन्द्र the deity.

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

महेन्द्र/ महे m. the great इन्द्रAV. etc. etc. (also applied to विष्णु[ R. ] and शिव[ S3ivag. ])

महेन्द्र/ महे m. a partic. star VP.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. a great chief or leader( सर्व-देवानाम्) Nal.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. a partic. high number Buddh.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. N. of a younger brother (or son) of अशोक(who carried the Buddhist doctrine into Ceylon) MWB. 59

महेन्द्र/ महे m. of another prince (= कुमार-गुप्त) Inscr.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. of a poet Cat.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. of various other writers and teachers (also with आचार्यand सूरि) ib.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. of a mountain or range of -mmountain (said to be one of the 7 principal chains in India , and sometimes identified with the northern parts of the Ghats) MBh. Ka1v. etc.

महेन्द्र/ महे m. of a Place MW.

महेन्द्र/ महे etc. See. p. 802 , col. 1.

Purana index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

(I)--a name of Indra (s.v.); फलकम्:F1:  भा. I. १५. १२; वा. ३९. १०; ५३. ३३; Vi. I, 9. १८; V. १०. ३६; ११. १४.फलकम्:/F in the Simsu- मार. फलकम्:F2:  वा. ५२. ९५; M. १२७. २४.फलकम्:/F

(II)--a Mt. a Kulaparvata of the भारत- वर्ष; फलकम्:F1:  भा. V. १९. १६; VII. १४. ३२; Br. II. १६. १८; M. ११४. १७, ३१; १२४. २१; वा. ४५. ८९; Vi. II. 3. 3.फलकम्:/F sacred to Indra and Hari and fit for श्राद्ध; फलकम्:F2:  Br. III. १३. १७.फलकम्:/F परशु- राम's penance here for १२ years, twice; फलकम्:F3:  Ib. III. ४४. ३६; ४६. २९; भा. X. ७९. १२; IX. १६. २६.फलकम्:/F अश्वमेध at; फलकम्:F4:  Br. III. ४७. ३९, ४५; ५६. २३; ५७. 1; ५८. 3; IV. २१. 2; ३१. १७; ४४. ९९.फलकम्:/F during the war with भण्ड, the देवी enclosed M. all round by a wall of fire; फलकम्:F5:  Ib. IV. २६. १७-32.फलकम्:/F rivers taking their origin from. फलकम्:F6:  वा. ४५. १०६.फलकम्:/F

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Mahendra  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: In the east, beyond the Kaliṅgas, near the sea coast 1. 207. 5, 1213 (samudratīreṇa); 3. 85. 3; 12. 2. 17, (samudrānte) 19.


B. Description: Holy (puṇya) and auspicious (śiva) 3. 85. 16; excellent mountain, surpassing other mountains (girivara, aty anyān parvatān) 3. 85. 16, (parvatottama) 1. 58. 4; 12. 2. 17; (giriśreṣṭha) 5. 175. 2; (śailendra) 3. 117. 14; one of the mountains called ‘king of mountains’ (parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 5; adorned by ascetics (tāpasair upaśobhitam) 1. 207. 13; having shining Karṇikāra trees on it (śubhakarṇikāravant) 8. 66. 39.


C. Characteristics:

(1) Bhārgava Rāma Jāmadagnya lived on the Mahendra (girivaraḥ…/ mahendro nāma…bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ) 3. 85. 16; (jāmadagnyaniṣevitam) 3. 83. 14; he was there waited upon by seers who knew the Vedas, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (mahendre…rāmaṁ nityam upāsate/ṛṣayo vedaviduṣo gandharvāpsarasas tathā) 5. 175. 2; 5. 187. 11; (asmin mahendre śailendre vasaty amitavikramaḥ jāmadagnyaḥ) 3. 117. 14, 11; he made it a rule to show himself to the Brāhmaṇas on this mountnin on every fourteenth day of the month 3. 117. 16;

(2) Mahendra listed by Brahman among mountains which are also to be looked upon as possessing the madhyama guṇa, i. e. they were characterised by the quality of rajas ? 14. 43. 5, 1 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 14. 43. 1: madhyamo guṇaḥ rajoguṇapradhānaḥ);

(3) Holy Rāmatīrtha and the Mataṅgakedāra located on it 3. 83. 14; so also the holy Brahmaśālā river flows on it 3. 85. 18.


D. Epic events:

(1) Arjuna, during his exile, saw it when he went beyond the Kaliṅgas and while going further along the seashore 1. 207. 13;

(2) The Brāhmaṇas expressed their wish to visit Mahendra and other mountains in the company of the Pāṇḍavas 3. 91. 10;

(3) After visiting the river Vaitaraṇī, Yudhiṣṭhira went to Mahendra and lived there for a night; he honoured there the ascetics, Bhṛgus, Aṅgirases and others, and expressed his wish to see Rāma Jāmadagnya 3. 114. 26; 3. 115. 1-4; he also honoured the Brāhmaṇas 3. 117. 18; Jāmadagnya appeared before the Pāṇḍavas and was honoured by them (sa tam ānarca rājendraḥ); Yudhiṣṭhira too was honoured by him (pūjitas tena) 3. 117. 16-18;

(4) Hotravāhana advised Ambā to go to Mahendra to see Jāmadagnya 5. 175. 1-2;

(5) Jāmadagnya admitted to Ambā his inability to defeat Bhīṣma and returned to Mahendra 5. 187. 11;

(6) When Droṇa refused to impart Brahmāstra to Karṇa, the latter went to Mahendra to acquire it from Jāmadagnya 12. 2. 14; there Karṇa met many Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas and gods 12. 2. 17.


E. Mythological and past events:

(1) Pitāmaha (Brahman), in bygone days, offered a sacrifice on the mountain Mahendra; the river Bhāgīrathī was in his sadas (yatra bhāgīrathī puṇyā sadasyāsīt) 3. 85. 17;

(2) After extirpating the Kṣatriyas from this earth twenty one times Rāma Jāmadagnya practised austerities on mount Mahendra 1. 58. 4; after performing a sacrifice and giving away the earth to Kaśyapa, Jāmadagnya took his residence on Mahendra 3. 117. 14;

(3) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Mahendra, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(4) King Nahuṣa, after he became the king of heaven, enjoyed himself on Mahendra and at other places in the company of the Apsarases and the Devakanyās 5. 11. 9.


F. Importance: Mahendra heads the list of the seven principal mountains (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) listed by Saṁjaya 6. 10. 10; finds mention in the Daivata ṚṣiVaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


G. Simile: Karṇa with arrows pierced in his body looked like the Mahendra with trees covering its peaks and valleys (mahīruhair ācitasānukandaro yathā mahendraḥ) 8. 66. 39.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Mahendra  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: In the east, beyond the Kaliṅgas, near the sea coast 1. 207. 5, 1213 (samudratīreṇa); 3. 85. 3; 12. 2. 17, (samudrānte) 19.


B. Description: Holy (puṇya) and auspicious (śiva) 3. 85. 16; excellent mountain, surpassing other mountains (girivara, aty anyān parvatān) 3. 85. 16, (parvatottama) 1. 58. 4; 12. 2. 17; (giriśreṣṭha) 5. 175. 2; (śailendra) 3. 117. 14; one of the mountains called ‘king of mountains’ (parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 5; adorned by ascetics (tāpasair upaśobhitam) 1. 207. 13; having shining Karṇikāra trees on it (śubhakarṇikāravant) 8. 66. 39.


C. Characteristics:

(1) Bhārgava Rāma Jāmadagnya lived on the Mahendra (girivaraḥ…/ mahendro nāma…bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ) 3. 85. 16; (jāmadagnyaniṣevitam) 3. 83. 14; he was there waited upon by seers who knew the Vedas, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (mahendre…rāmaṁ nityam upāsate/ṛṣayo vedaviduṣo gandharvāpsarasas tathā) 5. 175. 2; 5. 187. 11; (asmin mahendre śailendre vasaty amitavikramaḥ jāmadagnyaḥ) 3. 117. 14, 11; he made it a rule to show himself to the Brāhmaṇas on this mountnin on every fourteenth day of the month 3. 117. 16;

(2) Mahendra listed by Brahman among mountains which are also to be looked upon as possessing the madhyama guṇa, i. e. they were characterised by the quality of rajas ? 14. 43. 5, 1 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 14. 43. 1: madhyamo guṇaḥ rajoguṇapradhānaḥ);

(3) Holy Rāmatīrtha and the Mataṅgakedāra located on it 3. 83. 14; so also the holy Brahmaśālā river flows on it 3. 85. 18.


D. Epic events:

(1) Arjuna, during his exile, saw it when he went beyond the Kaliṅgas and while going further along the seashore 1. 207. 13;

(2) The Brāhmaṇas expressed their wish to visit Mahendra and other mountains in the company of the Pāṇḍavas 3. 91. 10;

(3) After visiting the river Vaitaraṇī, Yudhiṣṭhira went to Mahendra and lived there for a night; he honoured there the ascetics, Bhṛgus, Aṅgirases and others, and expressed his wish to see Rāma Jāmadagnya 3. 114. 26; 3. 115. 1-4; he also honoured the Brāhmaṇas 3. 117. 18; Jāmadagnya appeared before the Pāṇḍavas and was honoured by them (sa tam ānarca rājendraḥ); Yudhiṣṭhira too was honoured by him (pūjitas tena) 3. 117. 16-18;

(4) Hotravāhana advised Ambā to go to Mahendra to see Jāmadagnya 5. 175. 1-2;

(5) Jāmadagnya admitted to Ambā his inability to defeat Bhīṣma and returned to Mahendra 5. 187. 11;

(6) When Droṇa refused to impart Brahmāstra to Karṇa, the latter went to Mahendra to acquire it from Jāmadagnya 12. 2. 14; there Karṇa met many Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas and gods 12. 2. 17.


E. Mythological and past events:

(1) Pitāmaha (Brahman), in bygone days, offered a sacrifice on the mountain Mahendra; the river Bhāgīrathī was in his sadas (yatra bhāgīrathī puṇyā sadasyāsīt) 3. 85. 17;

(2) After extirpating the Kṣatriyas from this earth twenty one times Rāma Jāmadagnya practised austerities on mount Mahendra 1. 58. 4; after performing a sacrifice and giving away the earth to Kaśyapa, Jāmadagnya took his residence on Mahendra 3. 117. 14;

(3) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Mahendra, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(4) King Nahuṣa, after he became the king of heaven, enjoyed himself on Mahendra and at other places in the company of the Apsarases and the Devakanyās 5. 11. 9.


F. Importance: Mahendra heads the list of the seven principal mountains (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) listed by Saṁjaya 6. 10. 10; finds mention in the Daivata ṚṣiVaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


G. Simile: Karṇa with arrows pierced in his body looked like the Mahendra with trees covering its peaks and valleys (mahīruhair ācitasānukandaro yathā mahendraḥ) 8. 66. 39.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

महेन्द्र पु.
माध्यन्दिन सवन में एक प्याला इन्द्र को अर्पित किया जाता है, आप.श्रौ.सू. 13.8.4.6 (सोम.)।