वृन्दारक

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VṚNDĀRAKA I   One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 127, Stanza 33] , that he was killed by Bhīmasena in the battle of Bhārata.
VṚNDĀRAKA II   A warrior who fought on the side of the Kauravas against the Pāṇḍavas. Abhimanyu killed this warrior. [M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 47, Stanza 12] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वृन्दारक  mfn.  mf( अका or इका)n. being at the head of a host, chief, eminent, best or most beautiful of ( loc. or comp.), [Nir.]; [MBh.] &c.
वृन्दारक  m.  m. a god, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
a chief, the leader of a crowd or herd, [W.]
N. of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वृन्दारक [vṛndāraka] a.  a. (-का or
-रिका  f. f.)
Much, great, many.
Eminent, best, excellent.
Pleasing; attractive, handsome, lovely; युवा वृन्दारकः शूरो विकर्णः पुरुषर्षभ [Mb. 11.19.5;] योषिद् वृन्दारिका तस्य [Bk.5.18.]
Respectable, venerable; एवं वृन्दारक आढ्यः सन्नधीतवेदः [Bṛi. Up.4.2.] 1; वृन्दारकं कुरुमध्येष्वमूढम् [Mb.5.3.27.]
कः A god, deity; श्रितो वृन्दारण्यं नतनिखिलवृन्दारकवृतः [Bv.4.5;] वृन्दार- कारिविजये सुरलोकलब्धमन्दारमाल्यमधुवासितवासभूमिः Rāmāyaṇachampū [Bhāg.6.1.3.]
The chief of anything (at the end of comp.); see (2) above.

Shabda-Sagara

वृन्दारक  mfn.  ( -कः-का-कं)
1. Handsome, agreeable, pleasing.
2. Best, excellent, chief.
3. Much, great.
4. Reputable, respectable, eminent.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. A deity, an immortal.
2. A chief, the head or leader of a crowd or herd, &c., (at the end of a compound.)
E. वृन्द a heap, and आरकन् aff., implying pre-eminence.

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वृन्द आरकन्