विन्द

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

   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] .
VINDA I   One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 127, Stanza 34] , that Vinda was killed by Bhīmasena in the battle of Bhārata.
VINDA III   A prince of the kingdom of Kekaya. In the battle of Bhārata he took the side of the Kauravas and fought with Sātyaki, in which fight Sātyaki killed Vinda. [M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 13, Stanza 6] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विन्द  mfn.  mfn. finding, getting, gaining ( ifc.; See गो-, चारु-व्° &c.)
विन्द  m.  m. a partic. hour of the day, [R.]
    N. of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र, [MBh.]
   of a king of अवन्ति, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विन्द [vinda]   a.
   Finding, gaining.
   One who has obtained; त्रैलोक्येनापि विन्दस्त्वं तां क्रीत्वा सुकृती भव [Bk.5.21.]
-न्दः   A particular hour of the day (मुहूर्त); विन्दो नाम मुहूर्तोऽसौ [Rām.3.68.13.]

Shabda-Sagara

विन्द  mfn.  ( -न्दः-न्दा-न्दं) Who or what finds, gets, gains, &c.
    E. विद् to gain, श aff., नुन् augment.

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विद् श नुन्