adhiratha

adhiratha m. (-thaḥ) A charioteer.

E. adhi, and ratha a car.

adhi-ratha (thaḥ) 1. m. A charioteer.

adhiratha Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-thaḥ-thā-tham) Being on or

above a car.

II. m. (-thaḥ) ¹ A charioteer. ² The proper name of a

charioteer who was a prince and descendant of Anu and

of Anga, a son of Satyakarman and foster father of Karṇa.

E. adhi and ratha.

adhiratha adhi-ratha, m. 1. A

charioteer. 2. A proper name.

adhiratha adhi-ratha, as, ā, am, being upon

or over a car; (as), m. a charioteer; N. of a

charioteer who was a prince of Aṅga and Karṇa's

foster-father; (am), n. a cart-load.

adhiratha a. [adhyārūḍho rathaṃ rathinaṃ vā] Being on or over a car.

— thaḥ

1 A charioteer, driver.

2 N. of a charioteer who was king of Aṅga and foster-father of Karṇa.

— thaṃ Ved. A cart-load.

ádhiratha a. being on the chariot; m. charioteer, a man's name; n. a cart-load.

adhiratha ádhi-ratha, a. standing on a car;
m. chariot-fighter, charioteer.

ádhi-ratha mfn. being upon or over a car

ádhi-ratha m. a charioteer

N. of a charioteer who was a prince of Aṅga and Karṇa's foster-father

ádhi-ratha n. a cart-load, RV.

adhiratha

m. (-thaḥ) A charioteer.

E. adhi, and ratha a car.

adhiratha [adhyārūḍho rathaṃ rathinaṃ vā] Being on or over a car. -thaḥ 1 A charioteer, driver. -2 N. of a charioteer who was king of Aṅga and foster-father of Karṇa. -tham Ved. A cart-load.

adhiratha adhiratha m. (ratha) cocher.

adhi-ratha- m. combattant sur un char, cocher; n. d'un cocher, ami de Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

ádhiratha (1. adhi + ratha)

1) m.

a) Wagenlenker R. 5, 82, 20.

— b) N. pr. eines Wagenlenkers (sūta), der König von Anga und Karṇa's Pflegevater war, MBH. 5, 4759. HARIV. 1709. VP. 446. LIA. I, 560.

— 2) n. Wagenlast: ètānyâgne navàtirnavà tve āhûtā̀nyadhîrathā sàhasrā̂ ṚV. 10, 98, 10. 4. 9. adhîrathàṃ yadajâyatsàhasrâm 102, 2.

adhiratha

1)

a) adj. auf dem Wagen stehend, zu Wagen seiend; m. Kämpfer zu Wagen (nicht gerade Wagenlenker) BHĀG. P. 3, 1, 40. R. 5, 82, 20.

— b) MBH. 1, 2775 (°rathi ed. Calc.). 3, 17153. fgg. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Caitra, Grosssohnes des Mondes, Verz. d. Oxf. H. 25,b,2.

— 3) adj. durch einen Wagen vermehrt ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 1, 14, 16. PĀR. GṚHY. 1, 9, 5.

adhiratha

1)

b) N. pr. eines Sohnes des Satkarman BHĀG. P. 9, 23, 12.

ádhi-ratha, n., was auf dem Wagen [rátha] liegt, Wagenlast.

-am {924,4}; {928,2}.

-āni {924,9}.

-ā {924,10}.

ádhiratha

— 1) Adj.

— a) auf dem Wagen stehend , zu Wagen seiend ; m. Kämpfer zu Wagen , Wagenlenker.

— b) durch einen Wagen vermehrt , nebst einem Wagen.

— 2) m. N.pr. verschiedener Männer.

— 3) n. Wagenlast.

ádhiratha auf dem Wagen stehend, m. Wagenkämpfer.

adhiratha adhyārūḍhaḥ rathaṃ rathinam atyā0 sa0 . atirathe .
karṇapitari pu0 . “viveśādhirathoraṅgaṃ yaṣṭiprāṇo hvayanni-
veti” bhā0 ādi0 . tasyāpatyam iñ . ādhirathiḥ
karṇe pu0 . karṇaparvaṇi bhūriprayogo'sya .

Adhiratha, a sūta in the neighbourhood of Campā and friend

of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; husband of Rādhā and foster-father of

Karṇa, whom he called Vasuṣeṇa and sent to Hāstinapura

to be instructed by Droṇa (III, ch. 308); at the show of

arms he enters the arena to congratulate Karṇa as king of

Aṅga (I, ch. 137). § 218 (Astradarśana): 1, 137, 5419.—

§ 547 (Kuṇḍalāharaṇap.): III, 309, 17153 (“the friend of

Dhṛtarāṣṭra”), 17157, 17168.—§ 572 (Rathātirath.): V,

166, 4759, 4762; 171, 4918.—§ 588 (Bhīṣmavadhap.):

VI, 122, 5826 (printed Ādhirathiḥ in C., but in B. A°rathaḥ).

Adhiratha — the son of Satkarman (Satyakarman-M.).

Once playing on the banks of the Ganges, he found a male

child in a box. It was born of Kunti and abandoned by

her. Childless, he brought him up as his son;¹ also known

as Sūta.² [Footnote] 1) Bhā. IX. 23. 12-13. [Footnote] 2) M. 48. 108.

ADHIRATHA . Foster father of Karṇa.

1) Lineage. Descended from Viṣṇu thus: Brahmā-Atri-

Candra-Purūravas-Āyus-Nahuṣa-Yayāti-Anudruhyu-

Sadānara-Kālanara-Sṛñjaya-Titikṣa-Kṛśadratha-Homa-

Sutapas-Bali-Aṅga-Dadhivāhana-Draviratha-

Dharmaratha-Citraratha-Satyaratha-Romapāda-

Caturaṅga-Pṛthu-Camba-Haryaṃga-Bhadraratha-

Bṛhadratha-Bṛhanmanas-Jayadratha-Dhṛtavṛta-Satya-

karmā-Adhiratha-Karṇa (foster son).

2) Foster father of Karṇa. Sage Durvāsas had taught

Kuntī some mantras to get children, and Kuntī, then

unmarried, tested the first mantra with the Sun-god

as her object. The Sun-god appeared before Kuntī

and from his power she conceived and duly delivered a

child, Karṇa. Fearing obloquy Kuntī concealed the

child in a box and floated it on the river, Ganges. At the

time Adhiratha, a great comrade of Dhṛtarāṣṭra came

to the river for a bath. His wife was one grieving

over not having a child of her own. So, when Adhiratha

found a child in the floating box, he took it home,

and himself and his wife Rādhā brought up the child

with pleasure. The child was named Vasusena, and

the child grew up to become the famous Karṇa and

favourite friend of Duryodhana. (M.B. Ādi Parva,

Chapters 67 and 130; Vana Parva, Chapter 309;

Devībhāgavata, Skandha 2).

3) Some particulars. Adhiratha was King of Aṅga. He

was a Sūta (charioteer) and Karṇa grew up as his

son. Karṇa was sent to Hastināpura to be trained

in the uṣe of weapons, and it was here that Duryo-

dhana and Karṇa developed their friendship and

alliance. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 147, Verse 3).

Śrī Mahādevībhāgavata, in Chapter 3 relates the

following incident: “Thus lamenting Kuntī sent the

box concealing Karṇa, by the nurse, to be floated in

the river, and after bath, food etc. she spent the hours

in the normal way within the inner apartment. Rājā

Adhiratha bathing in the river saw the box floating in

the river”. These facts prove that Adhiratha was not

only the King of Aṅga but a good charioteer as well,

and further a very good friend of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

4) We come across Adhiratha on the occasion of the

trial of skill in the use of arms between the Kauravas

and the Pāṇḍavas. When Karṇa entered the lists

the Pāṇḍavas questioned his nobility of birth. Seeing

Karṇa's great humiliation and discomfiture Duryodhana

enthroned him immediately as King of Aṅga. Vyāsa,

who witnessed the scene has given a picturesque des-

cription of it.