सुमन्त्र

{ sumantra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

SUMANTRA   A minister of king Daśaratha of Ayodhyā. The king had eight ministers called Jayanta, Dhṛṣṭi, Vijaya, Siddhārtha. Arthasādhaka, Aśoka, Mantrapāla and Sumantra and two priests called Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Canto 7] . Sumantra was the right-hand-man of Dasaratha in all his activities. It was Sumantra who brought down to the palace sage Ṛṣyaśṛṅga for the yajña conducted by the king to have issues. According to chapter 12, Virāṭa Parva of Mahābhārata (Southern Text) Sumantra was Daśaratha's charioteer as well.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सु—मन्त्र  mfn.  mfn. following good advice, [Kathās.]

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सु—मन्त्र  m.  m. N. of a preceptor (having the patr. बाभ्रव गौतम), [IndSt.]

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of a minister and charioteer of दश-रथ, [R.]
of a counsellor of हरि-वर, [Kathās.]
of a son of अन्तरीक्ष, [VP.]
सु-मन्त्रक   = , [KalkiP.]

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