आभीर

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

कल्पद्रुमः

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

आभीरः, पुं, (आ समन्तात् भियं राति । रा दाने आत इति कः ।) गोपः । इत्यमरः ॥ आहिर इति भाषा । स च ब्राह्मणादम्बष्ठायां जातः । इति मनुः ॥

अमरकोशः

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

आभीर पुं।

गोपालः

समानार्थक:गोप,गोपाल,गोसङ्ख्य,गोधुक्,आभीर,वल्लव,गोविन्द,गोप

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कामं प्रकामं पर्याप्तं निकामेष्टं यथेप्सितम्. गोपे गोपालगोसंख्यगोधुगाभीरवल्लवाः॥

पत्नी : आभीरी

सेवक : गोपग्रामः

वृत्ति : गौः

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पदार्थ-विभागः : वृत्तिः, द्रव्यम्, पृथ्वी, चलसजीवः, मनुष्यः

वाचस्पत्यम्

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

आभीर¦ पु॰ समन्तात् भियं राति रा--क। गोपे सङ्कीर्ण्णजातिभेदे स हि अल्पभोतिहेतोरप्यधिकं बिभेतीतितस्य तथा-त्वम्
“आभीरवाममयनाहृतमानसाय दत्तं मनोयदुपते!तदिदं गृहाण” उद्भटः स च सङ्कीर्ण्णवर्ण्णः।
“ब्राह्मणादुग्रकन्यामावृतोनाम जायते। आभोरोऽम्बष्टकन्यायामा-योगव्यान्तु धिग्वणः” इति मनूक्तः।
“श्रीकोङ्कणादधो-भागे तापीतः पश्चिमे तटे। आभीरदेशोदेविशि! विन्ध्यशैले व्यवस्थित” इति शङ्क्तिसङ्गम॰ उक्ते

२ देशभेदे

३ तद्देश-वासिनि

४ तद्देशराजे च ब॰ व॰।
“एकादशकलधारिकविकुलमानसहारि। इदमाभीरमवेहि जगणमन्त्र्यम-नुधेहि” इत्युक्तलक्षणे

५ मात्रावृत्तभेदे न॰।

शब्दसागरः

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

आभीर¦ m. (-रः) A cowhered, sprung from a Brahman and female of the medical tribe or the Ambasht'ha. f. (-री) A cowherd's wife, or a woman of that tribe. E. आङ्, अभि and ईर to send, affix अच् and fem. ङीष्, or without the first prefix अभीर।

Apte

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

आभीरः [ābhīrḥ], [आ समन्तात् भियं राति, रा-क Tv.]

A cowherd; आभीरवामनयनाहृतमानसाय दत्तं मनो यदुपते तदिदं गृहाण Udb.; according to Ms.1.15 आभीर is the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa and a female of the Ambaṣṭha tribe.

(pl.) N. of a country or its inhabitants; श्रीकोंकणा- दधोभागे तापीतः पश्चिमे तटे । आभीरदेशो देवेशि विन्ध्यशैले व्यवस्थितः ॥

री A cowherd's wife.

A woman of the Ābhīra tribe.

The language of the Ābhīras; आभीरेषु तथा- भीरी (प्रयोक्तव्या) S. D.432. -Comp. -पल्लिः, -ल्ली f.,-पल्लिका a station or abode of herdsmen, a village inhabited by cowherds.

Monier-Williams

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

आभीर m. N. of a people MBh. R. VP.

आभीर m. a cowherd (being of a mixed tribe as the son of a Brahman and an अम्बष्ठwoman) Mn. x , 15 , etc.

आभीर mfn. belonging to the आभीरpeople.

Purana index

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

--country of आभीरस्. फलकम्:F1: भा. I. १०. ३५; Br. II. १६. ४६ and ५७; १८. ४८.फलकम्:/F Dvijas of, became व्रात्यस् after Puramjaya's days. फलकम्:F2: भा. XII 1. ३८.फलकम्:/F Purified of sin by devotion to Hari. फलकम्:F3: Ib. II. 4. १८.फलकम्:/F Seven of this tribe ruled from अवभृति. फलकम्:F4: भा. XII. 1. २९; वा. ९९. ३५९; Vi. IV. २४. ५१, ६८.फलकम्:/F The ब्रःमाण्ड and वायु say ten of them ruled after the आन्ध्रस्; फलकम्:F5: Br. III. ७४. १७४; M. ५०. ७६; ११४. ४०; १६३. ७२; २७३. १८.फलकम्:/F for ६७ years. [page१-165+ ३०]

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Ābhīra : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people.


A. Location: Mentioned by Saṁjaya among the Janapadas of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha gadato mama) 6. 10. 37, 5; (ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ) 6. 10. 45; counted by him among the northern Mleccha people (uttarāś cāpare mlecchā janā bharatasattama) 6. 10. 63; (śūdrābhīrātha daradāḥ) 6. 10. 66; they are called residents of Pañcanada (ābhiraiḥ …pañcanadālayaiḥ) 16. 9. 16; (also cf. sa pañcanadam āsādya 16. 8. 43); in the description of the expedition of Nakula to the west of Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīṁ abhito diśam 2. 29. 2) Ābhīras are said to live on the bank of the river Sarasvatī (śūdrābhīragaṇāś caiva ye cāśritya sarasvatīm) 2. 29. 9.


B. Characteristics: They are called Mlecchas 16. 8. 61; Dasyus 16. 8. 44, 47, 58, 60; they live on fish (vartayanti ca ye matsyair…) 2. 29. 9; fight with sticks (yaṣṭipraharaṇāḥ) 16. 8. 47; plunderers (loptrahāriṇaḥ) 16. 8. 47; evil doers (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) 16. 8. 45; greedy (lobhopahatacetasaḥ) 16. 8. 45; whose sight was inauspicious (aśubhadarśanāḥ) 16. 8. 45; who did not know dharma (adharmajñāḥ) 16. 8. 50; who did not follow the correct course (mūḍhāḥ) 16. 8. 51.


C. Epic events:

(1) Nakula in his expedition to the west before the Rājasūya brought, among others, the clans of Ābhīras under his control (śūdrābhīragaṇāś caiva…vaśe cakre) 2. 29. 9-10;

(2) They fought on the side of the Kauravas; on the twelfth day of the war they were placed at the neck of the Suparṇa Vyūha (7. 19. 4-5) arranged by Droṇa (śūrābhīrā daśerakāḥ/…grīvāyām) 7. 19. 7;

(3) When Arjuna reached Pañcanada along with men and women of the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas (16. 8. 3338, 43), the Ābhīras consulted among themselves and knowing that Arjuna was the only warrior to escort the women, thousands of them, equipped with sticks, attacked Bhojas and others to loot their wealth; they did not mind the threats of Arjuna and kidnapped the women under his charge; Arjuna struck some of them with his arrows and when the arrows were exhausted he killed the Dasyus with the tip of his bow; but the Mlecchas succeeded in taking away with them Vṛṣṇi women in spite of Arjuna's effort to protect them (ābhīrā mantrayām āsuh sametyāśubhadarśanāḥ//ayam eko 'rjuno yoddhā…/nayaty asmān atikramya…//tato yaṣṭipraharaṇā dasyavas te sahasraśaḥ/abhyadhāvanta vṛṣṇīnām taṁ janaṁ…//tathoktās tena vīreṇa kadarthīkṛtya tadvacaḥ/abhipetur janaṁ…/…śaraih pārtho…/jaghāna dasyūn…//…dhanuṣkoṭyā tadā dasyūn avadhīt pākaśāsaniḥ//prekṣatas tv eva pārthasya vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ/jagmur ādāya te mlecchāḥ/) 16. 8. 43-61; Arjuna reported the abduction of Vṛṣṇi women by Ābhiras to Vyāsa (paśyato vṛṣṇidārāś ca mama brahman sahasraśaḥ/ābhīrair anusṛtyājau hṛtāḥ) 16. 9. 16.


D. Past event: Sarasvatī formerly disappeared at Vinaśana due to her hatred for Śūdras and Ābhīras (tato vinaśanaṁ…/śūdrābhīrān prati dveṣād yatra naṣṭā sarasvatī) 9. 36. 1.


E. They figure in a prophecy; While describing the end of the Kali era to Yudhiṣṭhira, Mārkaṇḍeya counted Ābhīras among the Mleccha kings who would rule the earth (bahavo mleccharājānaḥ pṛthivyāṁ manujādhipa/ …śūdrās tathābhīrā narottama) 3. 186. 29, 30.


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

Ābhīra : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people.


A. Location: Mentioned by Saṁjaya among the Janapadas of the Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha gadato mama) 6. 10. 37, 5; (ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ) 6. 10. 45; counted by him among the northern Mleccha people (uttarāś cāpare mlecchā janā bharatasattama) 6. 10. 63; (śūdrābhīrātha daradāḥ) 6. 10. 66; they are called residents of Pañcanada (ābhiraiḥ …pañcanadālayaiḥ) 16. 9. 16; (also cf. sa pañcanadam āsādya 16. 8. 43); in the description of the expedition of Nakula to the west of Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīṁ abhito diśam 2. 29. 2) Ābhīras are said to live on the bank of the river Sarasvatī (śūdrābhīragaṇāś caiva ye cāśritya sarasvatīm) 2. 29. 9.


B. Characteristics: They are called Mlecchas 16. 8. 61; Dasyus 16. 8. 44, 47, 58, 60; they live on fish (vartayanti ca ye matsyair…) 2. 29. 9; fight with sticks (yaṣṭipraharaṇāḥ) 16. 8. 47; plunderers (loptrahāriṇaḥ) 16. 8. 47; evil doers (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) 16. 8. 45; greedy (lobhopahatacetasaḥ) 16. 8. 45; whose sight was inauspicious (aśubhadarśanāḥ) 16. 8. 45; who did not know dharma (adharmajñāḥ) 16. 8. 50; who did not follow the correct course (mūḍhāḥ) 16. 8. 51.


C. Epic events:

(1) Nakula in his expedition to the west before the Rājasūya brought, among others, the clans of Ābhīras under his control (śūdrābhīragaṇāś caiva…vaśe cakre) 2. 29. 9-10;

(2) They fought on the side of the Kauravas; on the twelfth day of the war they were placed at the neck of the Suparṇa Vyūha (7. 19. 4-5) arranged by Droṇa (śūrābhīrā daśerakāḥ/…grīvāyām) 7. 19. 7;

(3) When Arjuna reached Pañcanada along with men and women of the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas (16. 8. 3338, 43), the Ābhīras consulted among themselves and knowing that Arjuna was the only warrior to escort the women, thousands of them, equipped with sticks, attacked Bhojas and others to loot their wealth; they did not mind the threats of Arjuna and kidnapped the women under his charge; Arjuna struck some of them with his arrows and when the arrows were exhausted he killed the Dasyus with the tip of his bow; but the Mlecchas succeeded in taking away with them Vṛṣṇi women in spite of Arjuna's effort to protect them (ābhīrā mantrayām āsuh sametyāśubhadarśanāḥ//ayam eko 'rjuno yoddhā…/nayaty asmān atikramya…//tato yaṣṭipraharaṇā dasyavas te sahasraśaḥ/abhyadhāvanta vṛṣṇīnām taṁ janaṁ…//tathoktās tena vīreṇa kadarthīkṛtya tadvacaḥ/abhipetur janaṁ…/…śaraih pārtho…/jaghāna dasyūn…//…dhanuṣkoṭyā tadā dasyūn avadhīt pākaśāsaniḥ//prekṣatas tv eva pārthasya vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ/jagmur ādāya te mlecchāḥ/) 16. 8. 43-61; Arjuna reported the abduction of Vṛṣṇi women by Ābhiras to Vyāsa (paśyato vṛṣṇidārāś ca mama brahman sahasraśaḥ/ābhīrair anusṛtyājau hṛtāḥ) 16. 9. 16.


D. Past event: Sarasvatī formerly disappeared at Vinaśana due to her hatred for Śūdras and Ābhīras (tato vinaśanaṁ…/śūdrābhīrān prati dveṣād yatra naṣṭā sarasvatī) 9. 36. 1.


E. They figure in a prophecy; While describing the end of the Kali era to Yudhiṣṭhira, Mārkaṇḍeya counted Ābhīras among the Mleccha kings who would rule the earth (bahavo mleccharājānaḥ pṛthivyāṁ manujādhipa/ …śūdrās tathābhīrā narottama) 3. 186. 29, 30.


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