वैदर्भ

{ vaidarbhḥ }

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वैदर्भ n.  भीम नामक राजर्षि का ‘देशीय’ नाम [ऐ. ब्रा. ७.३४.९] । विदर्भ देश का राजा होने के कारण, उसे यह नाम प्राप्त हुआ होगा।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वैदर्भ  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( fr. वि-दर्भ) relating to the विदर्भs, coming from or belonging to विदर्भ &c., [Col.]
वैदर्भ  m.  m. a king of the विदर्भs, [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]
   a gum-boil, [Bhpr.]; [W.]
विदर्भ   ( pl. or ibc.) = (the Vid°s people), [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वैदर्भः [vaidarbhḥ]   [विदर्भ-अण्]
   A king of Vidarbha.
   A gum-boil.
-र्भम्   Crafty, ambiguous speech.
   र्भी N. of Damayantī धन्यास वैदर्भि गुणैरुदारैः [N.3.116.]
   Of Rukmiṇī.
   A particular style of composition; thus defined in [S. D.] : माधुर्यव्यञ्जकैर्वर्णै रचना ललितात्मिका । अवृत्तिरल्पवृत्तिर्वा वैदर्भी रीतिरिष्यते ॥ 626. Daṇḍin very minutely distinguishes this style from the Gaudiya; see [Kāv. 1.41-53.] Alaṁkāraśekhara quotes [Ku.5.4] as an illustration.
  N. N. of the wife of Agastya.

Shabda-Sagara

वैदर्भ  n.  ( -र्भं) Crafty or indirect speech.
  m.  ( -र्भः)
   1. The sovereign of VIDARBHA, the father of DAMAYANTĪ, &c.
   2. Gum-boil,
  f.  ( -र्भी) 1. The law of VIDARBHA, as one by which cousins german were allowed to intermarry in that country, &c.
   2. The wife of AGASTYA.
   3. DAMAYANTĪ, the wife of NALA.
   4. RUKMINĪ; one of KRISHṆA'S wives.
   3. A particular style of composition.
    E. विदर्भ the country so named. and अण् aff. of derivation or production.

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विदर्भ अण्