वाटधान

{ vāṭadhāna(m), vāṭadhāna }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VĀṬADHĀNA   A Kṣatriya King. This King was born from a portion of the asura Krodhavaśa [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 63, Stanza 67] .
VĀṬADHĀNA(M)   A country in ancient India. The people of this country were called the Vāṭadhānas. The following information is available about them from the Mahābhārata.
(i) Nakula defeated the Vāṭadhānas who were Kṣatriyas at the time of his regional conquest. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 32, Stanza 8] .
(ii) Once the Kauravas surrounded this country which abounded in wealth and food. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Stanza 31] .
(iii) Vāṭadhāna was one of the foremost countries in India. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 47] .
(iv) In the Garuḍa Vyūha of the army formed by Bhīṣma, Aśvatthāmā and the Vāṭadhānas stood at the head of disposition, in the Bhārata-Battle. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 27, Stanza 4] .
(v) Once Śrī Kṛṣṇa defeated the Vāṭadhānas. [M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 11, Stanza, 17] .
(vi) It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Karṇa Parva, Chapter 73, Stanza 17] that in Bhārata-battle Arjuna destroyed all the armies of the country of Vāṭadhāna.

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वाटधान n.  एक राजा, जो क्रोधवश नामक दैत्य के अंश से उत्पन्न हुआ था [म. आ. ६१.५८] । इसका राज्य उत्तर भारत में बसा था, एवं भारतीय युद्ध के समय वह कौरवों की सेना से घिरा गया था [म. उ. १९.३०] । भारतीय युद्ध में यह कौरवों के पक्ष में शामिल था ।
वाटधान II. n.  एक लोकसमूह, जिसे नकुल ने अपने पश्र्चिम दिग्विजय के समय जीता था [ब्रह्मांड २.१६.४६] ; [म. स. २९.७] । भारतीय युद्ध में, ये लोग कैरवों के पक्ष में शामिल थे, एवं भीष्म के द्वारा निर्मित गरुड़ व्यूह के शिरोभाग में खडे हुए थे [म. भी. ५२.४] । अर्जुन ने इन लोगों का संहार किया था [म. क. ५१.१६] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वाट—धान  m.  m. the descendant of an out-caste Brāhman by a Brāhman mother, [Mn. x, 21]

ROOTS:

वाट धान

an officer who knows the disposition of his army, [L.]
 n.  pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.] ( sg. a prince of the V°; n. the country of the V°, [MBh.])

Shabda-Sagara

वाटधान  m.  ( -नः) The descendant of an outcast Brāhman by a Brāh- man female.