वार्ष्णेय

{ vārṣṇēya, vārṣṇeya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĀRṢṆEYA   I. A charioteer of King Nala. It was Vārṣṇeya who took the prince Indrasena and princess Indrasenā to Kuṇḍinapura when Nala, after being defeated in the game of dice, went to the forest with Damayantī. After this, Vārṣṇeya went to Ayodhyā and became the charioteer of King Ṛtuparṇa. Vārṣṇeya played an important part in finding out Nala. (For more details see under Nala).
VĀRṢṆEYA II   Another name of Mahāviṣṇu. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 27, Stanza 37] .
VĀRṢṆEYA III   An ancient country. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Stanza 24] , that the King of Vārṣṇeya brought presents to the imperial consecration-sacrifice (Rājasūya) of Yudhiṣṭhira.

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वार्ष्णेय n.  शूष नामक आचार्य का पैतृक नाम [तै. ब्रा. ३.१०] । वृष्णि का वंशज होने से, उसे यह वैतृक नाम प्राप्त हुआ होगा।
वार्ष्णेय II. n.  निषधराज नल राजा का सारथी । नल के वनवास के समय, यह ऋतपर्ण राजा का सारथी बना था ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वार्ष्णेय  m.  m. ( fr. वृष्णि) patr. of शूष, [TBr.]
   of चेकितान, [MBh.]
   of कृष्ण, [Bhag.]
   of नल's charioteer (who afterwards became a servant of ऋतु-पर्ण), [Nal.]
    pl. the race descended from वार्ष्णेय, [MBh.]
वार्ष्णेय  mfn.  mfn. relating or belonging to कृष्ण, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वार्ष्णेय [vārṣṇēya]   1 A descendant of Vṛiṣṇi.
   Particularly Kṛiṣṇa; स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसंकरः [Bg.1.41.]
  N. N. of the charioteer of Nala. वार्ह, वार्हद्रथ, वार्हद्रथि, वार्हस्पत, वार्हसत्य्प, वार्हिण वाल, वालकSee, बार्ह, बार्हद्रथ, बार्हद्रथि, बार्हस्पत, बार्हस्पत्य, बार्हिण, बाल, बालक.