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

विन्ध्यः, पुं, पर्व्वतविशेषः । इत्यमरः ॥ (यथा, मनौ । २ । २१ । “हिमवविन्ध्ययोर्मध्यं यः प्राग्विनशना- दपि । प्रत्यगेव प्रयगाञ्च मध्यदेशः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥”) व्याधः । इति मेदिनी ॥ विन्ध्यपर्व्वतस्य निम्न- शृङ्गत्वकारणम् । यथा, -- नारद उवाच । “किमर्थमद्रिं भगवानगस्त्य- स्तं निम्नशृङ्गं कृतवान् मह्र्षिः । कस्मै कृते केन च कारणेन नस्तद्वदस्वाखिलसत्त्ववृत्ते ॥ पुलस्त्य उवाच । पुरा हि विन्ध्येन दिवाकरस्य गतिर्न्निरुद्धा गगनेचरस्य । रविस्ततः कुम्भभवं समेत्य होमावसाने वचनं बभाषे ॥ समागतोऽहञ्च द्विजर्षभ त्वां कुरुष्व मय्युद्धरणं मुनीन्द्र । ददस्व दानं मम यन्मनीषितं चरामि येन त्रिदिवे सुनिर्वृतः ॥ इत्थं दिवाकरवचो गुणसङ्गयोगि श्रुत्वा तदा कलसजो वचनं बभाषे । दानं ददामि तव यन्मनसा त्वभीष्टं नार्थी प्रयाति विमुखो मम कश्चिदेव ॥ श्रुत्वा वचोऽमृतमयं कलसोद्भवस्य प्राह प्रभुः करपुटं प्रणिधाय मूर्द्ध्नि । एषोऽद्य मे गिरिवरः प्ररुणद्धि मार्गं विन्ध्यस्य निम्रकरणे भगवान् यतस्व ॥ इति रविवचनादुवाच कुम्भजन्मा कृतमिति तद्धि मया हि नीचशृङ्गम् । तव किरणजितो भविष्यतीति महीध्रो मम हि शरणसमागतस्य का व्यथा ते ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा कलसोद्भवस्तु सूर्य्यञ्च संस्तूय विनम्य भक्त्या । जगाम संत्यज्य हि दण्डकं हि विन्ध्याचलं वृद्धवपुर्महर्षिः ॥ गत्वा वचः प्राह मुनिर्महीध्रं यास्ये महातीर्थवरं सुपुण्यम् । वृद्धोऽप्यशक्तश्च तवाधिरोढुं तस्माद्भवान् नीचतरोऽस्तु सद्यः ॥ इत्येवमुक्तो मुनिसत्तमेन स नीचशृङ्गस्त्वभवन् महीध्रः । समाक्रमच्चापि महर्षिमुख्यः प्रोल्लङ्म विन्ध्यं द्विज आह शैलम् ॥ यावन्न भूयो निजमाव्रजामि महाश्रमं धौतवपुः सुतीर्थात् । त्वया न तावत्त्विह वर्द्धितव्यं न चेत् शपिष्येऽहमवज्ञया ते ॥ इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान् जगाम दिशं स यामीं सहसान्तरीक्षम् । आक्रम्य तस्थौ स हि तां तदाशां काले व्रजाम्यत्र यदा मुनीन्द्र ॥ तत्राश्रमं रम्यतरं हि कृत्वा संशुद्धजाम्बूनदतोरणान्तम् । तत्राथ निःक्षिप्य विदर्भपुत्त्रीं स्वमाश्रमं सौन्यमुपाजगाम ॥ ऋतावृतौ कार्य्यपरो ह्यगस्त्यो नित्यं तदा स्वाश्रममावसत् सः । शेषञ्च कालं स हि दण्डकस्थ- स्तपश्चचारामितकान्तिमान्मुनिः ॥ विन्ध्योऽपि दृष्ट्वा गगने महाश्रमं वृद्धिं न यात्येव भयान्महर्षेः । नासौ निवृत्तेऽभिमतिं निधाय स संस्थितो नीचतराग्रशृङ्गः ॥ एवं त्वगस्त्येन महाचलेन्द्रः स नीचशृङ्गो हि कृतो महर्षे । तस्योर्द्ध्वशृङ्गे मुनिसंस्तुता सा दुर्गा स्थिता दानवशासनार्थे ॥ देवाश्च सिद्धाश्च महोरगाश्च विद्याधरा भूतगणाश्च सर्व्वे । सर्व्वाप्सरोभिः सहिता दिवानिशं कात्यायनीं तस्थुरपेतशोकाः ॥” इति वामनपुराणे देवीमाहात्म्ये १८ अध्यायः ॥ “आर्य्यावर्त्तः पुण्यभूमिर्मध्यं विन्ध्यहिमागयोः ।” इत्यमरः ॥ “विन्ध्यस्य पश्चिमे भागे मत्स्यभुक् पतितो भवेत् ॥” इति प्राचीनाः ॥

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

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

विन्ध्य¦ m. (-न्ध्यः)
1. The Vind'hya mountain, or the mountainous range which runs across India from the Province of Beha4r, nearly to Guzera4t, and properly divides Hindustha4n from the Dakshin.
2. A hunter. f. (-न्ध्या)
1. A fruit, (Annona reticulata.)
2. Small car- damoms. E. वि implying opposition, ध्यै to think, and क aff., form irr., the mountain is supposed to obstruct the course of the sun.

Apte

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

विन्ध्यः [vindhyḥ], [विदधाति करोति भयम् Uṇ.4.121]

N. of a range of mountain which separates Hindustan proper from the Deccan or south; it is one of the seven Kulaparvatas (q. v.) and forms the southern limit of Madhyadeśa; see Ms.2.21. [According to a legend, the Vindhya mountain, being jealous of the mount Meru (or Himālaya) demanded that the sun should revolve round himself as about Meru, which the sun declined to do; whereupon the Vindhya began to rise higher and higher so as to obstruct the path of the sun and moon. The gods being alarmed sought the aid of the sage Agastya, who approached the mountain and requested that by bending down he would give him an easy passage to the south, and that he would retain the same position till his return. This Vindhya consented to do (because according to one account, he regarded Agastya as his teacher); but Agastya never returned from the south, and Vindhya never attained the height of Meru.]

A hunter.

न्ध्या N. of a plant (लवली).

Small cardamoms.

A measure of time (त्रुटि); L. D. B. -Comp. -अटवी the great Vindhya forest. -कूटः, -कूटनम् epithets of the sage Agastya.-गिरिः the Vindhya range of hills; also विन्ध्याचल, विन्ध्याद्रि. -वासिन् m. an epithet of the grammarian व्याडि. (-नी) an epithet of Durgā.

Monier-Williams

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

विन्ध्य m. (of doubtful derivation) N. of a low range of hills connecting the Northern extremities of the Western and Eastern Ghauts , and separating Hindustan proper from the Dekhan (the विन्ध्यrange is reckoned among the seven principal ranges of भारत-वर्ष[see कुलगिरि, p. 294 , col. 3] , and according to Manu ii , 21 , forms the Southern limit of मध्य-देशor the middle region ; according to a legend related in MBh. iii , 8782 etc. , the personified विन्ध्य, jealous of हिमा-लय, demanded that the sun should revolve round him in the same way as about मेरु, which the sun declining to do , the विन्ध्यthen began to elevate himself that he might bar the progress of both sun and moon ; the gods alarmed , asked the aid of the saint अगस्त्य, who approached the विन्ध्यand requested that by bending down he would afford him an easy passage to the South country , begging at the same time that he would retain a low position till his return ; this he promised to do , but अगस्त्यnever returned , and the विन्ध्यrange consequently never attained the elevation of the हिमा-लय) Mn. MBh. etc.

विन्ध्य m. N. of a prince HParis3.

विन्ध्य m. a hunter L.

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

(I)--a Mt. (Kulaparvata-वा। प्।) in भारत vars2a. Here दक्ष performed tapas; फलकम्:F1:  भा. V. १९. १६; VI. 4. २०; Vi. II. 3. 3.फलकम्:/F a Kulaparvata sacred for श्राद्ध offerings. फलकम्:F2:  Br. II, १६. १९; III. 7. ३५६; १३. ३४; M. ११४. १८; वा. ४५. ८९; ५८. ८१; ६९. २३९; ७७. ३४; ८८. १९९; ९६. ३८.फलकम्:/F Here Haihaya came for hunting: कृष्ण went there in search of Prasena; फलकम्:F3:  Br. III. २६. २५; ७१. ३९.फलकम्:/F sacred to विन्द्याधि- वासिनी and the पितृस्; फलकम्:F4:  M. १३. ३९; २२. ६६.फलकम्:/F caused by Agastya to bow down and not to rise in height; फलकम्:F5:  Ib. ६१. ५१.फलकम्:/F joining with the Ganges is more sacred than कुरुक्षेत्र; फलकम्:F6:  Ib. १०६. ४९.फलकम्:/F rivers originating from; फलकम्:F7:  Ib. ११४. २७-8; वा. ४५. १०३.फलकम्:/F obstructed by it the गङ्गा enters the sea; फलकम्:F8:  M. १२१. ५१; वा. ४७. ५०.फलकम्:/F Goddess of night was asked to seek shelter in the Vindhyas after she left उमा's body. फलकम्:F9:  M. १५७, १७, १९.फलकम्:/F

(II)--a son of Raivata Manu. भा. VIII. 5. 2. [page३-241+ २७]

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

Vindhya  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the seven principal mountains of the Bhāratavarṣa (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) 6. 10. 10; described as a great mountain; the river Payoṣṇī flows by it on which there are the āśramas of great sages (eṣa vindhyo mahāśailaḥ payoṣṇī ca samudragā/āśramāś ca maharṣīṇām) 3. 58. 21; it is on the way to the Dakṣiṇāpatha 3. 58. 20-21.


B. Description: Big mountain (mahāśaila) 3. 58. 21; excellent mountain (parvatottama) 3. 102. 11, (nagottama) 3. 101. 15; king of mountains, king of big mountains (śailarāja) 3. 102. 8; (ete parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 4-5; (śailendra) 3. 102. 4, 12; (mahādrirāja) 3. 102. 6; it has many minerals, is rich in herbs (used in medicine) and has many tīrthas (vindhyo dhātuvicitrāṅgas tīrthavān auṣadhānvitaḥ) 13. 151. 25; has Śāla trees with flowering tops on it (puṣpitāgreṣu śāleṣu) 1. 204. 6; the Karṇikāra trees grow on the banks of the rivers on this mountain (nadītīreṣu jātān sā karṇikārān vicinvatī) 1. 204. 10.


C. Characteristic: The Mlecchas in hundreds and thousands who arose from a person (churned out from the right thigh of Vena) live on the Vindhya (ye cānye vindhyanilayā mlecchāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ) 12. 59. 101-103.


D. Importance:

(1) Listed by Brahman among the mountains which are described as kings of mountains 14. 43. 4; (are these mountains also supposed to have the quality of rajas (madhyamo guṇaḥ) ? 14. 43. 1; for Nī. see Kāṣṭhavant );

(2) Finds mention in the DaivataṚṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 25, 2.


E. Holiness: One who is truthful and causes no injury to others, if he lives on Vindhya for six months (?) and practises austerities, he is then cleansed (of sins) in a month (vindhye saṁtāpya cātmānaṁ satyasaṁdhas tv ahiṁsakaḥ/ṣaṇmāsaṁ padam āsthāya māsenaikena śudhyati) 13. 26. 46.


F. Past and mythological events:

(1) Nala points to Vindhya while showing to Damayantī the paths leading to the Dakṣiṇāpatha and to the Vidarbhas (ete gacchanti bahavaḥ panthāno dakṣiṇāpatham/…eṣa vindhyo mahāśailaḥ) 3. 58. 20-22; (eṣa panthā vidarbhāṇām) 3. 58. 22;

(2) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Vindhya, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(3) The demons Sunda and Upasunda took dīkṣā and went to Vindhya to practise austerities; the mountain was heated for a long time by their tapas, so it started issuing smoke; that was a miracle (tayos tapaḥprabhāveṇa dīrghakālaṁ pratāpitaḥ dhūmaṁ pramumuce vindhyas tad adbhutam ivābhavat) 1. 201. 5-9; the two demons once went to the top of Vindhya where there was level land (vindhyasya pṛṣṭhe samaśilātale; Nī., Bom. Ed. 1. 212. 6, reads prasthe which he explains as śikhare); Tilottamā approached the two demons there; in the duel that followed between the two over Tilottamā, both were killed on the mountain 1. 204. 6, 10, 19;

(4) The mountain Vindhya, angry with the sun, began to grow upwards, but, at the instance of the sage Agastya, stopped growing (vacas tavānatikrāman vindhyaḥ śailo na vardhate) 3. 101. 15; Yudhiṣṭhira asked Lomaśa why Vindhya suddenly started to grow 3. 102. 1; Vindhya asked the sun to make a pradakṣiṇā round him as it did round Meru; the sun told the mountain that he did not do it at his own will, but that was the course laid down by the Creator; when the sun did not oblige, Vindhya, angered, began to grow and obstructed the path of the sun and the moon; the gods tried to stop him from growing but Vindhya did not stop; the gods then approached Agastya and told him that Vindhya, under the influence of anger, was covering the path of the luminaries; they added that no one else except the sage was able to dissuade the mountain; hearing that Agastya, in the company of his wife, approached Vindhya and told him that he wanted to go to the south on some purpose; he asked the mountain to wait for his return and grow again as desired after he returned; Agastya made this contract with Vindhya but never returned from the south; Vindhya was thus made to stop growing due to the power of Agastya (evaṁ sa samayaṁ kṛtvā vindhyenāmitrakarśana/adyāpi dakṣiṇād deśād vāruṇir na nivartate//etat te sarvam ākhyātaṁ yathā vindhyo na vardhate/agastyasya prabhāvena (sic)) 3. 102. 3-14;

(5) Vindhya, along with other mountains, arrived for the abhiṣeka of Kumāra (Skanda) 9. 44. 13, 16; Vindhya presented his two companions Ucchrita and Atiśṛṅga, who fought with big rocks, to Skanda (mahāpāṣāṇayodhinau/pradadāv agniputrāya vindhyaḥ pāriṣadāv ubhau) 9. 44. 45.


G. Similes:

(1) Yudhiṣṭhira compared his four fallen brothers with the mountains Himavant, Pāriyātra, Vindhya and Malaya (catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitāḥ) 3. 297. 14;

(2) The gadā hurled by Śrutāyudha at Kṛṣṇa did not shake him as wind does not shake Vindhya (vindhyaṁ girtm ivānilaḥ) 7. 67. 52;

(3) Hanūmant assumed a form wonderful and very frightful, like that of Vindhya or Mandara (tad adbhutaṁ mahāraudraṁ vindhyamandarasaṁnibham) 3. 149. 10;

(4) Ghaṭotkaca, afraid of Karṇa's śakti, ran away after assuming a form like that of the foot of Vindhya (kṛtvātmānaṁ vindhyapādapramāṇam) 7. 154. 55;

(5) Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by the Devadūta, went along the path that was covered with corpses which were comparable to the Vindhya mountain (pretair vindhyaśailopamair vṛtam) 18. 2. 20;

(6) Prativindhya, Yudhiṣṭhira's son, was to be another Vindhya in not taking cognisance of the hittings by opponents (parapraharaṇajñāne prativindhyo bhavatv ayam) 1. 213. 74 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 1. 221. 81: parapraharaṇajñāne śatrukṛtaprahāravedanāyāṁ vindhya iva nirvijñāna iti prativindhyaḥ).


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

Vindhya  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the seven principal mountains of the Bhāratavarṣa (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) 6. 10. 10; described as a great mountain; the river Payoṣṇī flows by it on which there are the āśramas of great sages (eṣa vindhyo mahāśailaḥ payoṣṇī ca samudragā/āśramāś ca maharṣīṇām) 3. 58. 21; it is on the way to the Dakṣiṇāpatha 3. 58. 20-21.


B. Description: Big mountain (mahāśaila) 3. 58. 21; excellent mountain (parvatottama) 3. 102. 11, (nagottama) 3. 101. 15; king of mountains, king of big mountains (śailarāja) 3. 102. 8; (ete parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 4-5; (śailendra) 3. 102. 4, 12; (mahādrirāja) 3. 102. 6; it has many minerals, is rich in herbs (used in medicine) and has many tīrthas (vindhyo dhātuvicitrāṅgas tīrthavān auṣadhānvitaḥ) 13. 151. 25; has Śāla trees with flowering tops on it (puṣpitāgreṣu śāleṣu) 1. 204. 6; the Karṇikāra trees grow on the banks of the rivers on this mountain (nadītīreṣu jātān sā karṇikārān vicinvatī) 1. 204. 10.


C. Characteristic: The Mlecchas in hundreds and thousands who arose from a person (churned out from the right thigh of Vena) live on the Vindhya (ye cānye vindhyanilayā mlecchāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ) 12. 59. 101-103.


D. Importance:

(1) Listed by Brahman among the mountains which are described as kings of mountains 14. 43. 4; (are these mountains also supposed to have the quality of rajas (madhyamo guṇaḥ) ? 14. 43. 1; for Nī. see Kāṣṭhavant );

(2) Finds mention in the DaivataṚṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 25, 2.


E. Holiness: One who is truthful and causes no injury to others, if he lives on Vindhya for six months (?) and practises austerities, he is then cleansed (of sins) in a month (vindhye saṁtāpya cātmānaṁ satyasaṁdhas tv ahiṁsakaḥ/ṣaṇmāsaṁ padam āsthāya māsenaikena śudhyati) 13. 26. 46.


F. Past and mythological events:

(1) Nala points to Vindhya while showing to Damayantī the paths leading to the Dakṣiṇāpatha and to the Vidarbhas (ete gacchanti bahavaḥ panthāno dakṣiṇāpatham/…eṣa vindhyo mahāśailaḥ) 3. 58. 20-22; (eṣa panthā vidarbhāṇām) 3. 58. 22;

(2) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Vindhya, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(3) The demons Sunda and Upasunda took dīkṣā and went to Vindhya to practise austerities; the mountain was heated for a long time by their tapas, so it started issuing smoke; that was a miracle (tayos tapaḥprabhāveṇa dīrghakālaṁ pratāpitaḥ dhūmaṁ pramumuce vindhyas tad adbhutam ivābhavat) 1. 201. 5-9; the two demons once went to the top of Vindhya where there was level land (vindhyasya pṛṣṭhe samaśilātale; Nī., Bom. Ed. 1. 212. 6, reads prasthe which he explains as śikhare); Tilottamā approached the two demons there; in the duel that followed between the two over Tilottamā, both were killed on the mountain 1. 204. 6, 10, 19;

(4) The mountain Vindhya, angry with the sun, began to grow upwards, but, at the instance of the sage Agastya, stopped growing (vacas tavānatikrāman vindhyaḥ śailo na vardhate) 3. 101. 15; Yudhiṣṭhira asked Lomaśa why Vindhya suddenly started to grow 3. 102. 1; Vindhya asked the sun to make a pradakṣiṇā round him as it did round Meru; the sun told the mountain that he did not do it at his own will, but that was the course laid down by the Creator; when the sun did not oblige, Vindhya, angered, began to grow and obstructed the path of the sun and the moon; the gods tried to stop him from growing but Vindhya did not stop; the gods then approached Agastya and told him that Vindhya, under the influence of anger, was covering the path of the luminaries; they added that no one else except the sage was able to dissuade the mountain; hearing that Agastya, in the company of his wife, approached Vindhya and told him that he wanted to go to the south on some purpose; he asked the mountain to wait for his return and grow again as desired after he returned; Agastya made this contract with Vindhya but never returned from the south; Vindhya was thus made to stop growing due to the power of Agastya (evaṁ sa samayaṁ kṛtvā vindhyenāmitrakarśana/adyāpi dakṣiṇād deśād vāruṇir na nivartate//etat te sarvam ākhyātaṁ yathā vindhyo na vardhate/agastyasya prabhāvena (sic)) 3. 102. 3-14;

(5) Vindhya, along with other mountains, arrived for the abhiṣeka of Kumāra (Skanda) 9. 44. 13, 16; Vindhya presented his two companions Ucchrita and Atiśṛṅga, who fought with big rocks, to Skanda (mahāpāṣāṇayodhinau/pradadāv agniputrāya vindhyaḥ pāriṣadāv ubhau) 9. 44. 45.


G. Similes:

(1) Yudhiṣṭhira compared his four fallen brothers with the mountains Himavant, Pāriyātra, Vindhya and Malaya (catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitāḥ) 3. 297. 14;

(2) The gadā hurled by Śrutāyudha at Kṛṣṇa did not shake him as wind does not shake Vindhya (vindhyaṁ girtm ivānilaḥ) 7. 67. 52;

(3) Hanūmant assumed a form wonderful and very frightful, like that of Vindhya or Mandara (tad adbhutaṁ mahāraudraṁ vindhyamandarasaṁnibham) 3. 149. 10;

(4) Ghaṭotkaca, afraid of Karṇa's śakti, ran away after assuming a form like that of the foot of Vindhya (kṛtvātmānaṁ vindhyapādapramāṇam) 7. 154. 55;

(5) Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by the Devadūta, went along the path that was covered with corpses which were comparable to the Vindhya mountain (pretair vindhyaśailopamair vṛtam) 18. 2. 20;

(6) Prativindhya, Yudhiṣṭhira's son, was to be another Vindhya in not taking cognisance of the hittings by opponents (parapraharaṇajñāne prativindhyo bhavatv ayam) 1. 213. 74 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 1. 221. 81: parapraharaṇajñāne śatrukṛtaprahāravedanāyāṁ vindhya iva nirvijñāna iti prativindhyaḥ).


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