युगंधर

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

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

युगंधरः [yugandharḥ] रम् [ram], रम् The pole of a carriage to which the yoke is fixed. -रः a particular magical formula spoken over weapons.

Monier-Williams

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

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर mf( आ)n. holding or bearing the yoke (?) MBh.

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. n. the pole of a carriage or wood to which the yoke is fixed MBh.

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. a partic. magical formula spoken over weapons R.

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. N. of a king Hariv. Pur.

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. of a mountain MBh. (with Buddhists one of the 8 mountains Dharmas. 125 )

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. of a forest Pan5car.

युगंधर/ युग--ं-धर m. pl. N. of a people MBh. VarBr2S. VP.

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Yugandhara  : nt.: Name of a town.


A. Location: In the Āraṭṭa (Bāhlīka) country (āraṭṭā nāma bāhlīkā varjanīyā vipaścitā) 8. 30. 40, 9, 36.


B. Unholy: If one drank milk at Yugandhara one could not go to heaven-this is what a Brāhmaṇa told in the assembly of the Kurus (yad anyo 'py uktavān sabhyo brāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṁsadi/yugandhare payaḥ pītvā…kathaṁ svargaṁ gamiṣyati) 8. 30. 41-42 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 8. 44. 39: yugandhare nagare auṣṭrādikam api kṣīraṁ pīyate, bhakṣyābhakṣyavivekābhāvāt tatrāvaśyam abhakṣyabhakṣaṇam āpataty eva (cf. 8. 30. 39)); the town is also mentioned in what a Piśācī told a woman who, with her son(s), came to stay near the river Raupyā; according to the Piśācī one who has eaten curds at Yugandhara was not supposed to stay near Raupyā for more than one night; otherwise some calamity would overtake the person at night (piśācī yad abhāṣata/yugandhare dadhi prāśya…ekarātram uṣitveha dvitīyaṁ yadi vatsyasi/etad vai te divā vṛttaṁ rātrau vṛttaṁ ato 'nyathā) 3. 129. 8-10 (according to the prāñcaḥ whose view is cited by Nī. on 3. 129. 9 one was required to undergo a prāyaścitta called prājāpatya vrata, prescribed in the Dharmaśāstra, if one ate curds at Yugandhara: atra prāñcaḥ/…piśācī vadati/tvayā yugandhare parvate deśe vā dadhiprāśanaṁ kṛtam/ tatra uṣṭrīkṣīraṁ gardabhyādikṣīraṁ ca dadhīkriyate/…etatkaraṇe hi prāyaścittaṁ dharmaśāstre prasiddham/‘auṣṭram aikaśaphaṁ kṣīraṁ surātulyam’ iti/‘saṁsṛjya saṁkaraiḥ sārdhaṁ prājāpatyaṁ vrataṁ caret’ iti; according to arvāñcaḥ, however, eating curds etc. entitled the person to stay near Raupyā for one night, but not a second; according to these interpreters of the stanza yugandhara meant jīva and dadhiprāśana meant leading a married life for paying back the threefold debt: yugandharaḥ sthūlaśarīrābhimāni jīvaḥ/…dadhiprāśanaśabdena dharmaprajāsaṁpattyartho dārasaṁyoga ucyate/…dadhiprāśanaśabdena lakṣitalakṣaṇayā ānṛṇyaṁ grāhyam/ tena svadharmaniṣṭhaḥ prajāvān etat tīrthaṁ sevitum arhatīti pūrvapādārthaḥ/).


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Yugandhara  : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada.


A. Location: Saṁjaya listed Yugandhara among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (śālvā yugandharāḥ) 4. 1. 9; also called Rāṣṭra 4. 1. 8; it lay around the Kuru country (paritaḥ kurūn) 4. 1. 9.


B. Description: Pleasing (ramya) 4. 1. 9; (ramaṇiya) 4. 1. 8; protected (gupta) 4. 1. 8; having ample food (bahvanna) 4. 1. 9.


C. Epic event: Arjuna suggested Yugandhara to Yudhiṣṭhira among those countries (Rāṣṭras or Janapadas) where Pāṇḍavas could stay during their ajñātavāsa (kiṁ tu vāsāya rāṣṭrāṇi kīrtayiṣyāmi kānicit/ …santi ramyā janapadā…mallāḥ śālvā yugandharāḥ) 4. 1. 8-9.


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

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

Yugandhara  : nt.: Name of a town.


A. Location: In the Āraṭṭa (Bāhlīka) country (āraṭṭā nāma bāhlīkā varjanīyā vipaścitā) 8. 30. 40, 9, 36.


B. Unholy: If one drank milk at Yugandhara one could not go to heaven-this is what a Brāhmaṇa told in the assembly of the Kurus (yad anyo 'py uktavān sabhyo brāhmaṇaḥ kurusaṁsadi/yugandhare payaḥ pītvā…kathaṁ svargaṁ gamiṣyati) 8. 30. 41-42 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 8. 44. 39: yugandhare nagare auṣṭrādikam api kṣīraṁ pīyate, bhakṣyābhakṣyavivekābhāvāt tatrāvaśyam abhakṣyabhakṣaṇam āpataty eva (cf. 8. 30. 39)); the town is also mentioned in what a Piśācī told a woman who, with her son(s), came to stay near the river Raupyā; according to the Piśācī one who has eaten curds at Yugandhara was not supposed to stay near Raupyā for more than one night; otherwise some calamity would overtake the person at night (piśācī yad abhāṣata/yugandhare dadhi prāśya…ekarātram uṣitveha dvitīyaṁ yadi vatsyasi/etad vai te divā vṛttaṁ rātrau vṛttaṁ ato 'nyathā) 3. 129. 8-10 (according to the prāñcaḥ whose view is cited by Nī. on 3. 129. 9 one was required to undergo a prāyaścitta called prājāpatya vrata, prescribed in the Dharmaśāstra, if one ate curds at Yugandhara: atra prāñcaḥ/…piśācī vadati/tvayā yugandhare parvate deśe vā dadhiprāśanaṁ kṛtam/ tatra uṣṭrīkṣīraṁ gardabhyādikṣīraṁ ca dadhīkriyate/…etatkaraṇe hi prāyaścittaṁ dharmaśāstre prasiddham/‘auṣṭram aikaśaphaṁ kṣīraṁ surātulyam’ iti/‘saṁsṛjya saṁkaraiḥ sārdhaṁ prājāpatyaṁ vrataṁ caret’ iti; according to arvāñcaḥ, however, eating curds etc. entitled the person to stay near Raupyā for one night, but not a second; according to these interpreters of the stanza yugandhara meant jīva and dadhiprāśana meant leading a married life for paying back the threefold debt: yugandharaḥ sthūlaśarīrābhimāni jīvaḥ/…dadhiprāśanaśabdena dharmaprajāsaṁpattyartho dārasaṁyoga ucyate/…dadhiprāśanaśabdena lakṣitalakṣaṇayā ānṛṇyaṁ grāhyam/ tena svadharmaniṣṭhaḥ prajāvān etat tīrthaṁ sevitum arhatīti pūrvapādārthaḥ/).


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Yugandhara  : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada.


A. Location: Saṁjaya listed Yugandhara among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (śālvā yugandharāḥ) 4. 1. 9; also called Rāṣṭra 4. 1. 8; it lay around the Kuru country (paritaḥ kurūn) 4. 1. 9.


B. Description: Pleasing (ramya) 4. 1. 9; (ramaṇiya) 4. 1. 8; protected (gupta) 4. 1. 8; having ample food (bahvanna) 4. 1. 9.


C. Epic event: Arjuna suggested Yugandhara to Yudhiṣṭhira among those countries (Rāṣṭras or Janapadas) where Pāṇḍavas could stay during their ajñātavāsa (kiṁ tu vāsāya rāṣṭrāṇi kīrtayiṣyāmi kānicit/ …santi ramyā janapadā…mallāḥ śālvā yugandharāḥ) 4. 1. 8-9.


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