शकुनि

{ śakuniḥ, śakuni }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚAKUNI I   A serpent born in the Dhṛtarāṣṭra dynasty. It was burnt to death at the serpent yajña conducted by Janamejaya. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 16] .
ŚAKUNI II   An asura who was the son of Hiraṇyākṣa and brother of Śambara, Trimūrdhā, Śaṅku and Ārya. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19] .
ŚAKUNI III   A king born in the dynasty of Bharata, son of Duṣyanta. Śakuni was Bhīmaratha's son and father of Urudbhi. [Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha] .
ŚAKUNI IV   A son of Ikṣvāku. (For details see under Viśvakarmā, Para 2).
ŚAKUNI V   A maharṣi to whom were born nine sons called Dhruva, Śāli, Budha, Tāra, Jyotiṣmān, Nirmoha, Jitakāma, Dhyānakāṣṭha, and Guṇādhika. The first five of them led householder's life while the last four took to Sannyāsa even as children. [Padma Purāṇa Ādikhaṇḍa, Chapter 31] .
ŚAKUNI VI   The notorious uncle of Duryodhana. Son of King Subala of Gāndhāra and brother of Gāndhārī. Śakuni, staying at Hastināpura, pulled the strings for all the evil actions of Duryodhana. It was Śakuni's hands, which worked in the background in driving the Pāṇḍavas out of the kingdom and in denuding Pāñcālī of her clothes. It was also his evil tactics, which tore asunder all chances of conciliation with the Pāṇḍavas on their return from the forest and thus led to the great war that lasted for eighteen days. At last he was killed by Sahadeva during the war. [Śalya Parva, Chapter 28, Verse 61] . A resume of the part played by Śakuni in the Bhārata story is given below:
(1) It was with his help that Duryodhana defeated Dharmaputra in the foul game of dice. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 61, Verse 50] .
(2) He was born, due to the anger of the Devas, to destroy righteousness. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 63, Verse 111] .
(3) He was Dvāpara re-born. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 78] .
(4) It was he who took the initiative in marrying Gāndhārī to Dhṛṭarāṣṭra. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 109 Verse 15] .
(5) He was present at the wedding of Draupadī. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 2]
(6) He once advised Duryodhana to annihilate the Pāṇḍavas, root and branch. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 199] .
(7) He was present at the Rājasūya yajña performed by Yudhiṣṭhira. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 66] .
(8) Even after the yajña was over and everyone had departed, he remained there for some time more with Duryodhana. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 68] .
(9) It was he who first discussed with Dhṛtarāṣṭra the question of inviting Dharmaputra for a game of dice so that the wealth of the Pāṇḍavas might be extracted from them. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 49] .
(10) By foul play he defeated Dharmaputra in the game of dice. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 60, Verse 61] .
(11) It was he who cooperated with Duryodhana to invite Dharmaputra again for a game of dice fixing the bets and in defeating him in the game. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 76, Verse 9] .
(12) He once prophesied that the Pāṇḍavas would not return after their life in forest. [Vana Parva, Chapter 7, Verse 7] .
(13) While the Pāṇḍavas were living in the Dvaita forest Śakuni suggested the need for leading a procession to them. [Vana Parva, Chapter 238, Verse 21] .
(14) Śakuni and Duryodhana led the procession. In the forest he got wounded in fighting with the Gandharvas and he returned home. [Vana Parva, Chapter 241, Verse 17] .
(15) Afterwards he once advised Duryodhana to restore the kingdom to the Pāṇḍavas. [Vana Parva, Chapter 251, Verse 1] .
(16) He too participated in the great war and on the first day of the war he fought a duel with Prativindhya. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 63] .
(17) In the battle that followed, Irāvān killed five brothers of Śakuni. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 90, Verse 25] .
(18) He then fought with Yudhiṣṭhira, Nakula and Sahadeva and got defeated. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 105, Verse 8] .
(19) He fought with Sahadeva. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 22] .
(20) Then Śakuni resorted to certain magical tricks. Arjuna successfully faced the tricks and Śakuni ran away from the battlefield. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 15] .
(21) He fought with Abhimanyu. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 37, Verse 5] .
(22) He fought with Nakula and Sahadeva. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 21] .
(23) He fought with Sātyaki. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 120, Verse 11] .
(24) Bhīmasena killed the seven mahārathis and five brothers of Śakuni. [Drona Parva, Chapter 157, Verse 22] .
(25) Nakula defeated Śakuni. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 269, Verse 16] .
(26) He attacked the Pāṇḍava army at the instance of Duryodhana. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 170, Verse 66]
(27) Arjuna defeated Śakuni. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 161, Verse 25] .
(28) On the death of Droṇācārya Śakuni ran away from the battlefield in great fear. [Droṇa Parva, Chapter 193, Verse 9] .
(29) In the fight that followed he defeated Śrutasena [Karṇa Parva, Chapter 25, Verse 40] .
(30) Śakuni was defeated in the fighting with Sātyaki. [Karṇa Parva, Chapter 61, Verse 48] .
(31) In the fight with Bhīma he fell down. [Karna Parva, Chapter 77, Verse 66] .
(32) In the next fight he killed the Kalinda prince. [Karṇa Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 7] .
(33) Cavalry of the Pāṇḍavas attacked Śakuni and he got wounded. [Śalya Parva, Chapter 23, Verse 41] .
(34) In the battle that followed Sahadeva killed Śakuni. [Śalya Parva, Chapter 28, Verse 61] .
(35) After the war was over Vyāsa summoned the souls of those killed in the war to the surface of Gaṅgā and Śakuni's soul was present among them. [Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 9] .
(36) After his death he joined Dvāpara. [Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Verse 21] .
(37) Synonyms of Śakuni used in [Mahābhārata] : Gāndhārapati, Gāndhārarāja, Gāndhārarājaputra, Gāndhārarājasuta, Kitava, Parvatīya, Saubala, Saubalaka, Saubaleya, Subalaja and Subalaputra.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  कौरवों का मामा   Ex. शकुनि दुर्योधन को सदा पांडवों के खिलाफ भड़काता रहता था ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

शकुनी सौबल सौबलक सौबलेय

Wordnet:

guj શકુનિ

kan ಶಕುನಿ

kas شَکُنی

kok शकुनी

mar शकुनी

ori ଶକୁନି

tam சகுனி

urd شکونی , سوبَل , سوبَلَک

noun  बहुत दुष्ट व्यक्ति   Ex. असीम शकुनि है, उसकी बातों में न आना ।

ONTOLOGY:

व्यक्ति (Person) ➜ स्तनपायी (Mammal) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben শকুনি

mal മഹാദുഷ്ടൻ

pan ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ

urd مکّار , شاطر , عیّار , چال باز , فریبی

noun  एक दैत्य   Ex. शकुनि का वर्णन पुराणों में मिलता है ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

kas شکونٛی

mar शकुनि

pan ਸ਼ਕੁਨਿ

san शकुनिः

urd شکُنی

See : चील

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  गांधार देश के सुबल राजा का पुत्र, जो दुर्योधन का मामा था [म. आ. ५५.३९] । सुबल राजा का पुत्र होने के कारण इसे ‘सौबल’ पैतृक नाम प्राप्त हुआ होगा [म. क. ५५] । यह शुरू से ही अत्यंत दुष्टप्रकृति था । देवताओं का कोप होने के कारण यह धर्मविरोधी बन गया, एवं अनाचारी कार्य करने लगा [म. आ. ५७.९३-९४] । यह द्वापर दैत्य के अंश से उत्पन्न हुआ था [म. आ. ६१.७२] ; आश्र्व. ३९.१० ।
शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  गांधारी के साथ धृतराष्ट्र का विवाह इसी के ही मध्यस्थता से हुआ था [म. आ. १०३.१४-१५] । यह द्रौपदी स्वयंवर में उपस्थित था [म. आ. १७७.५] । यह शुरू से ही पाण्डवों का द्वेष करता था, एवं इसने द्रुपदनगर में ही पाण्डवों को जड़मूल से समाप्त करने की दुर्योधन को सलाह दी थी [म. आ. परि. १.१०३] । युधिष्ठिर के राजसूय यज्ञ में भी यह दुर्योधन के साथ उपस्थित हुआ था, एवं पाण्डवों के प्रति दुर्योधन की द्वेषाग्नि सुलगाने का प्रयत्‍न इसने किया था [म. स. ३१.६, ४२.६०] ।
शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  पाण्डवों पर विजय प्राप्त करने के लिए, एवं युधिष्ठिर का ऎश्र्वर्य हड़पने के लिए इसने दुर्योधन को द्युतक्रीडा का आयोजन करने की सलाह दी। पश्चात् द्यूत के लिए युधिष्ठिर को निमंत्रित करवा कर, इसने उसे छलकपट से द्यूत में परास्त किया [म. स. ५३-५४] । इसके साथ द्यूत खेल कर कर युधिष्ठिर अपन सब कुछ खो बैठा। पश्चात् इसका युधिष्ठिर के साथ द्यूत का और एक दाँव हुआ, जिसमें शर्त के अनुसार इसने युधिष्ठिर को वन जाने के लिए विवश किया ।
शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  द्वैतवन में पाण्डव जब वनवास भुगत रहे थे, तब दुर्योधन एवं इसने ऐसी योजना बनायी कि, उनके सम्मुख अपने सामर्थ्य का प्रदर्शन किया जाये। तदनुसार यह दुर्योधन के साथ घोषयात्रा के लिए गया । किन्तु वहाँ दुर्योधन चित्रसेन गंधर्व से परास्त हुआ, एवं वह उन्हीं पाण्डवों के द्वारा बचाया गया, जिनके सामने अपने सामर्थ्य का प्रदर्शन करने वह गया था [म. व. २२७-२३०] ।
शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  भारतीय युद्ध में इसका निम्नलिखित पाण्डव पक्षियों से युद्ध हुआ था, जिनमें बहुत सारे युद्धों में यह परास्त हुआ थाः---१. प्रतिविंध्य [म. भी. ४५] , २. युधिष्ठिर, नकुल एवं सहदेव [म. भी. १०१. ८-२४] ; ३. अर्जुन [म. द्रो. १४६.२५-४१] ; ४, भीमसेन [म. क. ५५] । भारतीय युद्ध के अंतिम दिन, पाण्डवों के घुड़सवारों ने इस पर आक्रमण किया था । उस समय यह युद्धभूमि से भाग गया [म. श. २२.३९-८७] । अन्त में सहदेव के द्वारा इसका वध हुआ [म. श. २७.६२] । पौष अमावास्या के दिन इसकी मृत्यु हुई।
शकुनि (सौंबल) n.  इसके निम्नलिखित ग्यारह भाई थेः-- १. वृषक; २. बृहद्वल; ३. अचल; ४. सुभग; ५. विभु; ६. भानुदत्त; ७. गज; ८. गवाक्ष; ९. चर्भवत्; १०. आर्जव; ११. शुक। इन भाईयों में से छः भाई इरावत के द्वारा [म. भी. ८६.२४-३७] , एवं पाँच भीमसेन के द्वारा मारे गये [म. द्रो. १३२.२०-२१] । इसके पुत्र का नाम उलूक था ।
शकुनि II. n.  इक्ष्वाकु राजा के सौ पुत्रों में से एक । दक्षिणापथ पर राज्य करनेवाले अपने पचास भाइयों का यह अधिपति पक्ष था [वायु. ८८.९] ।
शकुनि III. n.  (सू. निमि.) एक राजा, जो वायु के अनुसार सुतद्वाज राजा का पुत्र, वं स्वागत राजा का पिता था [वायु. ८९.२०] ।
शकुनि IV. n.  (सो. क्रोष्टु.) एक यादव राजा, जो भागवत एवं विष्णु के अनुसार दशरथ राजा का, वायुके अनुसार एकादशरथ राजा का, एवं मत्स्य के अनुसार दृढरथ राजा का पुत्र था । इसके पुत्र का नाम करंभक था [भा. ९.२४. ४-५] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

śakuni m S The eighth of the periods called करण. 2 The name of the maternal uncle of the कौरव princes. Hence शकुनिमामा A term for an old treacherous or officious relative whose counsels tend to ruin.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  The name of the maternal uncle of the कौरव princes. Hence शकुनिमामा A term for an old treacherous or officious relative whose counsels are ruinous.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  एक दैत्य   Ex. शकुनिचे वर्णन पुराणांत मिळते.

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

शकुनी

Wordnet:

kas شکونٛی

pan ਸ਼ਕੁਨਿ

san शकुनिः

urd شکُنی

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ एक पक्षी ; गिधाड . २ गांधार ; दुर्योधनाचा मामा . ३ ( ल . ) कपटी , कारस्थानी , बदसल्ला देणारा आप्त , मनुष्य . ४ ( ज्यो . ) बवादि करणांतील आठवें करण . शकुनिचतुष्टय - न . १ दुर्योधन , दुःशासन , शकुनि व कर्ण हे चौघे . २ ( ल . ) दुष्ट इसमांची टोळी , कंपू ; चांडाळचौकडी . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शकुनि  m.  m. a bird ( esp. a large bird, [L.] = ग्रिध्र or चिल्ल accord. to some ‘a cock’), [RV.] &c. &c.
करण   (in astronomy) N. of the first fixed ( q.v.), [VarBṛS.]
N. of a Naga, [MBh.]
of an evil demon (son of दुः-सह), [MārkP.]
of an असुर (son of हिरण्याक्ष and father of वृक), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of the brother of queen गान्धारी (and therefore the brother-in-law of धृत-राष्ट्र and the मातुल or maternal uncle of the कुरु princes; as son of सुबल, king of गान्धार, he is called सौबल; he often acted as counsellor of दुर्योधन, and hence his name is sometimes applied to an old officious relative whose counsels tend to misfortune), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. ( cf. [IW. 380])
of a son of विकुक्षि and grandson of इक्ष्वाकु, [Hariv.]
of a son of दश-रथ, ib.; [BhP.]
of the great-grandfather of अशोक, [Rājat.]
du. N. of the अश्विन्s, [MW.]
शकुनि  f.  f( इ or ई). See below.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शकुनिः [śakuniḥ]   [शक्-उनि]
A bird; तरुशकुनिकुरङ्गान् मैथिली यानपुष्यत् [U.3.25;] [Ms.12.63.]
A vulture, kite or eagle.
A cock.
 N. N. of a son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra and brother of Gāndharī, wife of Dhṛitarāṣṭra; he was thus the maternal uncle of Duryodhana whom he assisted in many of his wicked schemes to exterminate the Pāṇḍavas. The name is now usually applied to an old wicked-minded relative whose counsels tend to ruin.
 N. N. of a demon killed by Kṛiṣṇa. -Comp.
-ईश्वरः  N. N. of Garuḍa.
-प्रपा   a trough for watering birds.
वादः the cry or sound of a bird.
the crowing of a cock.

Shabda-Sagara

शकुनि  m.  ( -निः)
1. A bird.
2. The meternal uncle of the Kaurava princes, and counsellor or DURYODHANA.
3. One of the astrono- mical periods called Karaṇas.
4. The Indian kite or eagle, (Falco cheela.)
 f.  ( -नी) A hen-sparrow.
E. शक् to be able, उनि Unādi aff.

ROOTS:

शक् उनि