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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] .
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विदूर [vidūra] a. a. Remote, distant; सरिद् विदूरान्तरभावतन्वी [R.13.] 48; [U.6.39.]
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-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.
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-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.]
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