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विन्द mfn. mfn. finding, getting, gaining (
ifc. ; See गो-, चारु-व्° &c.)
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A prince of Avantī. It is stated that this Vinda had a brother called Anuvinda. The information obtained about Vinda from Mahābhārata is given below:
(i) Sahadeva defeated this Vinda at the time of his southern regional conquest. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 10] .
(ii) Vinda helped Duryodhana by fighting on his side with an akṣauhiṇī of army. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Stanza 24] .
(iii) Bhīṣma once said that Vinda was a noble warrior. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 166, Stanza 6] .
(iv) Vinda was one of the ten commanders of Duryodhana in the battle of Bhārata. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 16, Stanza 15] .
(v) On the first day of the battle of Bhārata, Vinda fought with Kuntibhoja. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 72] .
(vi) When Śveta, the prince of Virāṭa, surrounded Śalya, the King of Madra, Vinda helped Śalya. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 47, Stanza 48] .
(vii) Once Vinda and his brother Anuvinda together attacked Irāvān. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 81, Stanza 27] .
(viii) In the Bhārata-battle, Vinda fought with Bhīmasena, Arjuna and Virāṭa. Vinda was killed in the fight with Arjuna. [M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 99, Stanza 17] .
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विन्द m. m. a
partic. hour of the day, [R.]
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N. of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र, [MBh.]
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