विदूर

{ vidūra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIDŪRA   A king of the Kuru dynasty. He was the son born to the great king Kuru by Śubhāṅgī, a damsel of Dāśārha family. Vidūra married Sampriyā, a princess of Madhu royal family. A son named Anaśvā was born to her. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Stanzas 39-40] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि—दूर    a See s.v.

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वि-दूर  n.  b mf( आ)n. very remote or distant, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Kāv.] &c. ( acc. with √ कृ, to remove; °वि-दूरम् ind. far distant, far away, [TBr.]; वि-दूरात् or °र-तस्, from afar, far away; °रे, far distant; °र ibc. far, from afar)

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   far removed from, not attainable by ( gen.), [BhP.]
   ( ifc.) not caring for, ib.
वि-दूर  m.  m. N. of a son of कुरु, [MBh.] ( B.)

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   of a mountain or town or any locality, [Śiś.] Sch. ( cf. [Pāṇ. 4-3, 84])

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विदूर [vidūra] a.  a. Remote, distant; सरिद् विदूरान्तरभावतन्वी [R.13.] 48; [U.6.39.]
-रः  N. N. of a mountain or city from which the Vaidūrya jewel or lapis lazuli is brought; विदूर- भूमिर्नवमेघशब्दादुद्भिन्नया रत्नशलाकयेव [Ku.1.24;] see Malli. thereon, as well as on [Śi.3.45;] तत्र तस्मै विदूराद्रिरविदूर इवाभवत् [Śiva.B.3.11.] (The forms विदूरम्, विदूरेण, विदूर- तस् or विदूरात् are often used adverbially in the sense of 'from a distance', 'from afar', 'at a distance', 'far off'; वयं वत विदूरतः क्रमगता पशोः कन्यका [Māl.3.18.] )-Comp.
-अद्रिः, -भूधरः   See विदूरः; a legendary mountain located in Ceylon and supposed to produce jewels at the rumbling of clouds for the benefit of all comers; घनध्वानजरत्नमेदुरः तथा विदूराद्रिः [N.12.55;] यस्योत्थिताभिनव- रत्नशलाकयेव लक्ष्मीरुरःस्थलविदूरभुवा विदध्रे [Haravijaya 16.25;] रत्नाङ्कुररोमाञ्चकञ्चुकिनि विदूरभूधरे [Yaśastilaka 3.]
-ग a.  a. spreading far and wide.
-जम्   the lapis lazuli. -विगतa. of lowest origin.
-संश्रव a.  a. audible a long way off.

Shabda-Sagara

विदूर  mfn.  ( -रः-रा-रं) Very far or remote.
  m.  ( -रः) Name of a mountain whence the Lapis Lazuli is brought.
    E. वि intervening, दूर distant.

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संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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