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

वाटधान¦ m. (-नः) The descendant of an outcast Bra4hman by a Bra4h- man female.

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

वाटधान/ वाट--धान m. the descendant of an out-caste Brahman by a Brahman mother Mn. x , 21

वाटधान/ वाट--धान m. an officer who knows the disposition of his army L.

वाटधान/ वाट--धान m. pl. N. of a people MBh. VarBr2S. BhP. ( sg. a prince of the -V वाटधान; n. the country of the -V वाटधान. MBh. )

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

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


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (vāhīkā vāṭadhānāś ca) 6. 10. 45; situated to the west of Indraprastha (see epic event No. 1. below); beyond Pañcanada and Kurujāṅgala and adjacent to the Yāmuna mountain (see epic event No. 2 below).


B. Description: The country was very extensive and having ample wealth and grains (suvistīrṇaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyavān) 5. 19. 30-31; rich in cattle (gomant) 2. 45. 24 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 2. 49. 24; vāṭāḥ kṣetrādivṛttayaḥ tāsāṁ dhānā abhinavodbhedo yeṣāṁ te iti vyadhikaraṇo bahuvrīhiḥ/ sasyādisaṁpannakṣetrādivṛttimanta ity arthaḥ).


C. Epic events:

(1) In his expedition to the west of the Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīm abhito dīśam 2. 29. 2; 2. 23. 10), Nakula subjugated the Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas (vaśe cakre…vāṭadhānān dvijān atha); hundreds of Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca…śatasaṁghaśaḥ) brought as tribute for the Rājasūya thirty billions (of wealth) (traikharvaṁ balim), but were stopped at the gate; when they, in addition, gave bright waterpots of gold they were allowed to enter (kamaṇḍalūn upādāya jātarūpamayāñ śubhān…praveśaṁ lebhire tataḥ) 2. 45. 24-25;

(2) Since there was not enough room in Hāstinapura to accomodate the army of Kauravas, it spread beyond Pañcanada and Kurujāṅgala to Vāṭadhāna country and Yāmuna mountain 5. 19. 30-31;

(3) On the third day of the war, Aśvatthāman and Kṛpa along with Vāṭadhānas and others formed the ‘head’ (śīrṣam) of the Garuḍavyūha of Kauravas 6. 52. 2, 4;

(4) At night of the fifteenth day (niśi 7. 1. 7), when Droṇa's death was reported to Dhṛtarāṣṭra he mentioned Kṛṣṇa's victory over Vāṭadhānas among his exploits 7. 10. 17;

(5) On the seventeenth day, Kṛṣṇa, to encourage Arjuna, reminded him that during the past sixteen days of war (adya saptadaśāhānt 8. 51. 2) he had killed large armies of Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas and other Kṣatriyas along with their horses and elephants and broken their chariots (vrātyānāṁ vāṭadhānānām…mahāsenā brahmakṣatrasya bhārata/…sāśvarathadvipāḥ) 8. 51. 16-17.


D. Vāṭadhāna, name of one of the kings who were born from the Gaṇa called Krodhavaśa (gaṇaḥ krodhavaśo nāma… tataḥ saṁjajñire vīrāḥ kṣitāv iha narādhipāḥ) 1. 59. 31; 1. 61. 54; (vāṭadhāno 'tha gomukhaḥ) 1. 61. 58 (Has this king's name any relationship with the Janapada named Vāṭadhāna ?).


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

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


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the northern Janapadas (also called Deśas 6. 10. 68) of Bhāratavarṣa (ata ūrdhvaṁ janapadān nibodha) 6. 10. 37, 5; (vāhīkā vāṭadhānāś ca) 6. 10. 45; situated to the west of Indraprastha (see epic event No. 1. below); beyond Pañcanada and Kurujāṅgala and adjacent to the Yāmuna mountain (see epic event No. 2 below).


B. Description: The country was very extensive and having ample wealth and grains (suvistīrṇaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyavān) 5. 19. 30-31; rich in cattle (gomant) 2. 45. 24 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 2. 49. 24; vāṭāḥ kṣetrādivṛttayaḥ tāsāṁ dhānā abhinavodbhedo yeṣāṁ te iti vyadhikaraṇo bahuvrīhiḥ/ sasyādisaṁpannakṣetrādivṛttimanta ity arthaḥ).


C. Epic events:

(1) In his expedition to the west of the Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīm abhito dīśam 2. 29. 2; 2. 23. 10), Nakula subjugated the Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas (vaśe cakre…vāṭadhānān dvijān atha); hundreds of Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca…śatasaṁghaśaḥ) brought as tribute for the Rājasūya thirty billions (of wealth) (traikharvaṁ balim), but were stopped at the gate; when they, in addition, gave bright waterpots of gold they were allowed to enter (kamaṇḍalūn upādāya jātarūpamayāñ śubhān…praveśaṁ lebhire tataḥ) 2. 45. 24-25;

(2) Since there was not enough room in Hāstinapura to accomodate the army of Kauravas, it spread beyond Pañcanada and Kurujāṅgala to Vāṭadhāna country and Yāmuna mountain 5. 19. 30-31;

(3) On the third day of the war, Aśvatthāman and Kṛpa along with Vāṭadhānas and others formed the ‘head’ (śīrṣam) of the Garuḍavyūha of Kauravas 6. 52. 2, 4;

(4) At night of the fifteenth day (niśi 7. 1. 7), when Droṇa's death was reported to Dhṛtarāṣṭra he mentioned Kṛṣṇa's victory over Vāṭadhānas among his exploits 7. 10. 17;

(5) On the seventeenth day, Kṛṣṇa, to encourage Arjuna, reminded him that during the past sixteen days of war (adya saptadaśāhānt 8. 51. 2) he had killed large armies of Vāṭadhāna Brāhmaṇas and other Kṣatriyas along with their horses and elephants and broken their chariots (vrātyānāṁ vāṭadhānānām…mahāsenā brahmakṣatrasya bhārata/…sāśvarathadvipāḥ) 8. 51. 16-17.


D. Vāṭadhāna, name of one of the kings who were born from the Gaṇa called Krodhavaśa (gaṇaḥ krodhavaśo nāma… tataḥ saṁjajñire vīrāḥ kṣitāv iha narādhipāḥ) 1. 59. 31; 1. 61. 54; (vāṭadhāno 'tha gomukhaḥ) 1. 61. 58 (Has this king's name any relationship with the Janapada named Vāṭadhāna ?).


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