सुभद्र mfn. (
-द्रः-द्रा-द्रं) Propitious, auspicious, fortunate.
m. (
-द्रः) A name of VISHṆU.
f. (
-द्रा)
1. The sister of JAGANNĀTH whose image is worshipped with those of that deity and his brother BALARĀMA, and carried in procession with them in the Ratha- Yātrā, or annual movement of the car of JAGANNĀTH; she is the wife of ARJUNA.
2. A creeper, (Echites frutescens.)
3. A plant, commonly Ghṛta-mandā.
E. सु exceedingly,
भद्र auspicious.