विदर्भ

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

विदर्भः, पुं, स्त्री, (विशिष्टा दर्भाः कुशा यत्र ।) कुण्डिननगरम् । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥ स तु वङ्ग- देशस्य दक्षिणपश्चिमे वर्त्तते अधुना वडनाग- पुर इति ख्यातः ॥ * ॥ यथा, पूर्ब्बनैवधे २ सर्गः । “स जयत्यरिसार्थसार्थकीकृतनामा किल भीम- भूपतिः । यमवाप्य विदर्भभूः प्रभुं हसति द्यामपि शक्र- भर्त्तृकाम् ॥” (यथा च रघुः । ५ । ६० । “एको ययौ चैत्ररथप्रदेशान् सौराज्यरम्यानपरो विदर्भान् ॥” * ॥ पुं, नृपविशेषः । स च ज्यामघात् शैव्यायां जातः । अस्य कुशक्रथलोमपादाः पुत्त्राः । यथा, भागवते । ९ । २४ । १ । “तस्यां विदर्भोऽजनयत् पुत्त्रौ नाम्ना कुशक्रथौ । तृतीयं रोमपादञ्च विदर्भकुलनन्दनम् ॥” अस्य नाम्नैव विदर्भनगरी समुत्पन्ना ॥ मुनि- विशेषः । यथा, हरिवंशे । १६६ । ८४ । “द्वैपायनो विदर्भश्च जैमिनिर्माठरः कठः ॥”)

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विदर्भ¦ पुंस्त्री॰ विगताः दर्भाः कुशायतः। देशभेदे कुण्डिन-नगरे (वडनागपुर)।

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

विदर्भ¦ mf. (-र्भः-र्भा) A district and city to the south-west of Bengal, the modern Bada-Na4gpur or Bera4r proper. m. (-र्भः) Any dry or desert soil. E. वि privative, and दर्भ the sacred grass; not growing in that country in consequence of the curse of a saint, whose son had died of a wound from a blade of the grass.

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

विदर्भ/ वि--दर्भ See. s.v.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. " destitute of दर्भgrass " , N. of a country south of the विन्ध्यhills (now called Berar ; it was the country of दमयन्ती, wife of नल; the soil was probably grassless and arid , but the absence of दर्भis said to be due to the fact that the son of a saint died of the prick of a sharp blade of that grass) MBh. Ka1v. etc.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. a king of विदर्भMBh. Naish.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. a partic. disease of the gums(= वैदर्भ) S3a1rn3gS.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. N. of a man Hariv.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. of a son of ज्या-मघib.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. of a son of ऋषभBhP.

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. pl. the inhabitants of -V विदर्भand also the country itself

विदर्भ/ वि-दर्भ m. the interior of anything Harav.

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

(I) (च्)--a kingdom to which the Yadus migrated. फलकम्:F1:  भा. IV. २८. २८; X. 2. 3; Br. III. ४९. 1.फलकम्:/F Its capital कुण्डिन, visited by कृष्ण. फलकम्:F2:  भा. X. ५३. 6-7; Vi. V. २६. 1फलकम्:/F Its king went to स्यमन्तपञ्चक for the solar eclipse. फलकम्:F3:  भा. X. ८२. १३.फलकम्:/F

(II)--a son of ऋषभ. भा. V. 4. १०.

(III)--(वैश) son of ज्यामघ and शैब्या: married the young Bhoja girl (स्नुषा-वा। प्।) got in war and [page३-226+ २८] already appointed as his wife before his birth by his parents. Father of three sons of whom रोमपाद (लोमपाद-म्। प्।) was the most famous; the others were Krathu and कौशिक. all of them warriors. भा. IX. २३. ३९; २४. 1; Br. III. ७०. ३६-8. M. ४४. ३६; वा. ९५. ३५; Vi. IV. १२. ३५-38.

(IV)--an ally of कार्तवीर्य, killed by परशु- राम. Br. III. ३९. 2.

(V)--the wife of, taken away by Satyavrata. वा. ८८. ७८, १५५.

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Vidarbha  : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people; a king of the country referred to as Vaidarbha and a princess as Vaidarbhī.


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; (vidharbhānūpavāsikāḥ) 6. 10. 42; called rāṣṭra (sg.) 12. 264. 3.


B. Description: Excelling others in the observance of dharma, best (rāṣṭre dharmottare śreṣṭhe vidarbheṣu) 12. 264. 3.


C. Epic events:

(1) On the second day of war, Vidarbha warriors and others along with their armies accompanied Droṇa who was behind Bhīṣma in the Mahāvyūha of Kauravas (vidarbhair mekalaiś caiva…sahitāḥ sarvasainyena) 6. 47. 10, 12-13.


D. Past events: (a) from the story of Nala:

(1) King Bhīma once ruled over the Vidarbha country 3. 50. 5; 3. 61. 72; he protected it well (samyag goptā vidarbhāṇāṁ…) 3. 61. 44;

(2) The swans promised Nala that they would praise him in the presence of Damayantī, flew towards Vidharbha and reached its principal town (vidarbhanagarīṁ gatvā) 3. 50. 21-22;

(3) The guardians of the world, Indra and others, started for the Vidarbha country to attend the svayaṁvara of Damayantī 3. 51. 24;

(4) As directed by Damayantī, Vārṣṇeya, the charioteer of Nala, put her two children (son and a daughter) on a chariot and took them to her father in Vidarbha (yayau mithunam āropya vidarbhāṁs tena vāhinā) 3. 57. 20 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 3. 60. 19: mithunaṁ kumāraṁ kumārīṁ ca):

(5) Nala pointed out to Damayantī the road that led to the Vidarbha country; she asked him why he showed to her the road to Vidarbha; she suggested to him that both of them together, and not she alone, might go to Vidarbha 3. 58. 22, 30, 33;

(6) When Sudeva saw Damayantī in the Cedi country, he thought her to be like a lotus plant lifted from a pond of the Vidarbha country (vidarbhasarasas tasmād daivadoṣād ivoddhṛtām/…mṛṇālīm iva) 3. 65. 12;

(7) Damayantī told the mother of Subāhu, the king of Cedis, that she wished to go to Vidarbha; she was accordingly sent to Vidarbha 3. 66. 19, 22;

(8) King Ṛtuparṇa told Bāhuka (Nala) that he wished to go to Vidarbha in a day to attend Damayantī's svayaṁvara (vidarbhān yātum icchāmi…/ekāhnā); Bāhuka assured him that he would be able to reach the capital town of Vidarbha in a day although the horses he (Bāhuka) had chosen were lean (pratijānāmi te satyaṁ gamiṣyasi…/ ekāhnā…vidarbhanagarīṁ nṛpa//) 3. 69. 2, 9, 15; on way, Ṛtuparṇa, although he relied on Bāhuka to reach Vidarbha on time, told him not to raise any obstacle; if Bāhuka took him to Vidarbha before sunset he would give Bāhuka anything he wanted (vidarbhān yadi yātvādya sūryaṁ darśayitāsi me/kāmaṁ ca te karīṣyāmi); but Bāhuka told Ṛtuparṇa that he would first count the Vibhītaka fruit and then proceed to Vidarbha; when Kali had left Nala's body, king Ṛtuparṇa proceeded to Vidarbha 3. 70. 17-19, 38; Ṛtuparṇa reached Vidarbha in the evening (vidarbhān saṁprāptaṁ sāyāhne) 3. 71. 1; (b) other past event: Once a certain Brāhmaṇa lived in the Vidarbha country (vidarbheṣv abhavad dvijaḥ) 12. 264. 3.


E. Some persons referred to with reference to the Vidarbha country as the king of Vidarbha, one belonging to Vidarbha, etc.:


A. King of Vidarbha; (a) vidarbhapati: Bhīma 3. 51. 5; (b) vidarbharāj: Bhīma 3. 61. 119; (c) vidarbharāja:

(1) Bhīma 3. 66. 1; (vidarbharājaduhitā) 3. 51. 19; 3. 58. 34; (vidarbharājatanayā) 3. 61. 31;

(2) A king, not named, father of Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 18;

(3) A king, neither named or identified 3. 120. 30; (d) vidarbhādhipa: Bhīma 3. 61. 8 (vidarbhādhipanandinī); (e) vidarbhādhipati: Bhīma 3. 61. 41; 3. 67. 7; (f) Protector of Vidarbhas: Bhīma goptā vidarbhāṇām 3. 61. 44;


B. Daughter of Vidarbha: Damayantī: vidarbhatanayā 3. 61. 11;


C. One belonging to Vidarbha: (a) vaidarbha: A king, not named, father of Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 20; 3. 95. 1; (b) vaidarbhī (f.):

(1) Damayantī 3. 52. 11, 21; 3. 53. 5, 12; 3. 54. 11, 13; 3. 56. 8; 3. 59. 5, 17; 3. 61. 55; 3. 62. 12; 3. 64. 9; 3. 65. 6, 23, 27; 3. 68. 17; 3. 69. 5; 3. 71. 31; 3. 72. 7, 21-22; 3. 74. 5; 3. 75. 22; 3. 76. 1; 3. 77. 20;

(2) Maryādā, wife of Arācīna 1. 90. 18;

(3) Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 27; 5. 115. 12;

(4) Suṣuvā, wife of Jayatsena 1. 90. 17;

(5) Wife of Sagara, not named 3. 104. 8, 7;


D. The principal town Kuṇḍina of Vidarbha referred to as vidarbhanagarī 3. 50. 22; 3. 69. 9.


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

Vidarbha  : m. (pl.): Name of a Janapada and its people; a king of the country referred to as Vaidarbha and a princess as Vaidarbhī.


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; (vidharbhānūpavāsikāḥ) 6. 10. 42; called rāṣṭra (sg.) 12. 264. 3.


B. Description: Excelling others in the observance of dharma, best (rāṣṭre dharmottare śreṣṭhe vidarbheṣu) 12. 264. 3.


C. Epic events:

(1) On the second day of war, Vidarbha warriors and others along with their armies accompanied Droṇa who was behind Bhīṣma in the Mahāvyūha of Kauravas (vidarbhair mekalaiś caiva…sahitāḥ sarvasainyena) 6. 47. 10, 12-13.


D. Past events: (a) from the story of Nala:

(1) King Bhīma once ruled over the Vidarbha country 3. 50. 5; 3. 61. 72; he protected it well (samyag goptā vidarbhāṇāṁ…) 3. 61. 44;

(2) The swans promised Nala that they would praise him in the presence of Damayantī, flew towards Vidharbha and reached its principal town (vidarbhanagarīṁ gatvā) 3. 50. 21-22;

(3) The guardians of the world, Indra and others, started for the Vidarbha country to attend the svayaṁvara of Damayantī 3. 51. 24;

(4) As directed by Damayantī, Vārṣṇeya, the charioteer of Nala, put her two children (son and a daughter) on a chariot and took them to her father in Vidarbha (yayau mithunam āropya vidarbhāṁs tena vāhinā) 3. 57. 20 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 3. 60. 19: mithunaṁ kumāraṁ kumārīṁ ca):

(5) Nala pointed out to Damayantī the road that led to the Vidarbha country; she asked him why he showed to her the road to Vidarbha; she suggested to him that both of them together, and not she alone, might go to Vidarbha 3. 58. 22, 30, 33;

(6) When Sudeva saw Damayantī in the Cedi country, he thought her to be like a lotus plant lifted from a pond of the Vidarbha country (vidarbhasarasas tasmād daivadoṣād ivoddhṛtām/…mṛṇālīm iva) 3. 65. 12;

(7) Damayantī told the mother of Subāhu, the king of Cedis, that she wished to go to Vidarbha; she was accordingly sent to Vidarbha 3. 66. 19, 22;

(8) King Ṛtuparṇa told Bāhuka (Nala) that he wished to go to Vidarbha in a day to attend Damayantī's svayaṁvara (vidarbhān yātum icchāmi…/ekāhnā); Bāhuka assured him that he would be able to reach the capital town of Vidarbha in a day although the horses he (Bāhuka) had chosen were lean (pratijānāmi te satyaṁ gamiṣyasi…/ ekāhnā…vidarbhanagarīṁ nṛpa//) 3. 69. 2, 9, 15; on way, Ṛtuparṇa, although he relied on Bāhuka to reach Vidarbha on time, told him not to raise any obstacle; if Bāhuka took him to Vidarbha before sunset he would give Bāhuka anything he wanted (vidarbhān yadi yātvādya sūryaṁ darśayitāsi me/kāmaṁ ca te karīṣyāmi); but Bāhuka told Ṛtuparṇa that he would first count the Vibhītaka fruit and then proceed to Vidarbha; when Kali had left Nala's body, king Ṛtuparṇa proceeded to Vidarbha 3. 70. 17-19, 38; Ṛtuparṇa reached Vidarbha in the evening (vidarbhān saṁprāptaṁ sāyāhne) 3. 71. 1; (b) other past event: Once a certain Brāhmaṇa lived in the Vidarbha country (vidarbheṣv abhavad dvijaḥ) 12. 264. 3.


E. Some persons referred to with reference to the Vidarbha country as the king of Vidarbha, one belonging to Vidarbha, etc.:


A. King of Vidarbha; (a) vidarbhapati: Bhīma 3. 51. 5; (b) vidarbharāj: Bhīma 3. 61. 119; (c) vidarbharāja:

(1) Bhīma 3. 66. 1; (vidarbharājaduhitā) 3. 51. 19; 3. 58. 34; (vidarbharājatanayā) 3. 61. 31;

(2) A king, not named, father of Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 18;

(3) A king, neither named or identified 3. 120. 30; (d) vidarbhādhipa: Bhīma 3. 61. 8 (vidarbhādhipanandinī); (e) vidarbhādhipati: Bhīma 3. 61. 41; 3. 67. 7; (f) Protector of Vidarbhas: Bhīma goptā vidarbhāṇām 3. 61. 44;


B. Daughter of Vidarbha: Damayantī: vidarbhatanayā 3. 61. 11;


C. One belonging to Vidarbha: (a) vaidarbha: A king, not named, father of Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 20; 3. 95. 1; (b) vaidarbhī (f.):

(1) Damayantī 3. 52. 11, 21; 3. 53. 5, 12; 3. 54. 11, 13; 3. 56. 8; 3. 59. 5, 17; 3. 61. 55; 3. 62. 12; 3. 64. 9; 3. 65. 6, 23, 27; 3. 68. 17; 3. 69. 5; 3. 71. 31; 3. 72. 7, 21-22; 3. 74. 5; 3. 75. 22; 3. 76. 1; 3. 77. 20;

(2) Maryādā, wife of Arācīna 1. 90. 18;

(3) Lopāmudrā 3. 94. 27; 5. 115. 12;

(4) Suṣuvā, wife of Jayatsena 1. 90. 17;

(5) Wife of Sagara, not named 3. 104. 8, 7;


D. The principal town Kuṇḍina of Vidarbha referred to as vidarbhanagarī 3. 50. 22; 3. 69. 9.


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Vidarbha occurs in the earlier Vedic literature as the name of a place only in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, where its Mācalas (perhaps a species of dog) are said to kill tigers.