धर्मराज

{ dharmarāja }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

DHARMARĀJA   A king of Gauḍadeśa. He became King at a time when Jainism was getting more and more hold on the people and the Hindu Vedic rites were getting less and less popular among the people. The King thought it was his duty to revive the interest in the Vedic rites and so became a priest himself and did much propaganda on the superiority of the same, writing several books on the subject for the benefit of the people. [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa, Pratisarga Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : यमराज, युधिष्ठिर

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

धर्मराज n.  गौड देश का राजा । यह गौडाधिपति गुणशेखर का पुत्र था । जैन धर्म का वैदिक धर्म पर हमला चालू था । तब इसने स्वयं वैदिक धर्म का स्वीकार किया, तथा अपनी कृति से वैदिक धर्म का श्रेष्ठत्व सब को दर्शा दिकिया । इसने अपने पिता का भी उद्धार किया [भवि.प्रति२.१०] ।

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

   See : युधिष्ठिर

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   The name of the eldest of the five पांडव princes. Hence applied to an upright or virtuous person gen. 2 A name of Yama, Regent of the dead.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  The name of the eldest of the five पांडव princes. Hence applied to an upright or virtuous person.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : युधिष्ठिर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

धर्म—राज  m.  m. ‘id.’ a just or righteous king, [Hariv.]

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धर्म राज

   any king or prince, [L.]
   a बुद्ध, [L.]
-ता  f.  N. of यम, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Daś.] &c. ( f., [MBh.])

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ता

-पुरोगम  mfn. of युधिष्ठिर, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] ( mfn. headed by Y°, [MW.])

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पुरोगम

   Law conceived as a king, [Kāraṇḍ.]
-दीक्षित  m.  N. of sev. authors (also m. [ -दीक्षि°तीय n. his wk.], -पुत्र m., -भट्ट m., °जा-ध्वरि-वर m. and °जा-ध्वरि॑न्द्र m.)

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दीक्षित

Shabda-Sagara

धर्मराज  m.  ( -जः)
   1. A Jain or deified saint, according to the Jaina sect. 2. A name of YAMA, regent of the dead.
   3. A name of YUDHISH- THIRA.
   4. Also of ARJUNA.
   5. A king in general.
    E. धर्म virtue, Justice, and राज who shines, affix अच्; or राज from राजन् a king; lord of justice or धर्मेण राजते . राज-क्विप् .

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धर्म राज अच्; राज राजन् धर्मेण राजते . राज-क्विप् .