अष्टादशावर

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Aṣṭādaśāvara  : m. (pl.): Designation of some unspecified eighteen junior families of warriors (?)


A. Description: Described as Kṣatriyas arrogant while fighting (kṣatriyair yuddhadurmadaiḥ) 2. 13. 54.


B. Epic events:

(1) When the danger of Kaṁsa was over, but when Janāsandha was making preparations, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma held a council with the eighteen junior families of warriors (bhaye tu samupakrānte jarāsandhe samudyate/mantro 'yaṁ mantrito rājan kulair aṣṭādaśāvaraiḥ//) 2. 13. 34;

(2) The seat of the Yādavas at Kuśasthalī (2. 13. 49) was garissoned by the eighteen junior Kṣatriya families of warriors (sadma …aṣṭādaśāvaraīr naddhaṁ kṣatriyair yuddhadurmadaiḥ) 2. 13. 54;

(3) The group of eighteen juniors were engaged in a battle with a certain king named Haṁsa, helped by some others; apparently Haṁsa was killed in this battle (atha haṁsa iti khyātaḥ kaścid āsīn mahān nṛpaḥ/sa cānyaiḥ sahīto rājan saṁgrāme 'ṣṭādaśāvaraiḥ//) 2. 13. 39;

(4) Probably these junior families are meant when it is said that eighteen families, along with the northern Bhojas fled to the west due to fear of Jarāsandha (udīcyabhojāś ca tathā kulāny aṣṭādaśābhibho/jarāsandhabhayād eva pratīcīṁ diśam āśritāḥ//) 2. 13. 24.


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*2nd word in left half of page p622_mci (+offset) in original book.

Mahabharata Cultural Index

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

Aṣṭādaśāvara  : m. (pl.): Designation of some unspecified eighteen junior families of warriors (?)


A. Description: Described as Kṣatriyas arrogant while fighting (kṣatriyair yuddhadurmadaiḥ) 2. 13. 54.


B. Epic events:

(1) When the danger of Kaṁsa was over, but when Janāsandha was making preparations, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma held a council with the eighteen junior families of warriors (bhaye tu samupakrānte jarāsandhe samudyate/mantro 'yaṁ mantrito rājan kulair aṣṭādaśāvaraiḥ//) 2. 13. 34;

(2) The seat of the Yādavas at Kuśasthalī (2. 13. 49) was garissoned by the eighteen junior Kṣatriya families of warriors (sadma …aṣṭādaśāvaraīr naddhaṁ kṣatriyair yuddhadurmadaiḥ) 2. 13. 54;

(3) The group of eighteen juniors were engaged in a battle with a certain king named Haṁsa, helped by some others; apparently Haṁsa was killed in this battle (atha haṁsa iti khyātaḥ kaścid āsīn mahān nṛpaḥ/sa cānyaiḥ sahīto rājan saṁgrāme 'ṣṭādaśāvaraiḥ//) 2. 13. 39;

(4) Probably these junior families are meant when it is said that eighteen families, along with the northern Bhojas fled to the west due to fear of Jarāsandha (udīcyabhojāś ca tathā kulāny aṣṭādaśābhibho/jarāsandhabhayād eva pratīcīṁ diśam āśritāḥ//) 2. 13. 24.


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*2nd word in left half of page p622_mci (+offset) in original book.