ahicchatra

ahicchatra m. (-traḥ)

1 The name of a country.

2 A milky or thorny plant: see meṣaśṛṅgī. f. (-trā)

1 Sugar.

2 A city.

E. ahi a snake, and chatra a parasol.

ahi-cchatra (traḥ) m. A country; a
thorny plant. (trā) 1. f. Sugar.

ahicchatra

m. (-traḥ)

1. The name of a country.

2. A milky or thorny
plant: see meṣaśṛṅgī.

f. (-trā)

1. Sugar.

2. A city.

E. ahi a snake,
and chatra a parasol.

ahicchatra (a° + cha°)

1) m. ein bes. vegetabilisches Gift (eine Art Pilz?, vgl. d. folg. W.) H. 1197. = meṣaśṛṅgīvṛkṣa (Gymnema sylvestre R. Br., ein an Hecken wachsender Strauch) ŚKDR.

— 2) m. Name eines Landes (pratyagrathāḥ) H. 960 (pl.). ahicchatraṃ ca viṣayam MBH. 1, 5515. Verz. d. B. H. No. 366. HARIV. 1114. ahicchatre bhava āhicchatraḥ P. 3, 1, 7, Kār., Sch. LIA. I, 602, N. 1.

— 3) f. ā .

a) Zucker RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

— b) N. pr. die Hauptstadt von Ahicchatra MBH. 1, 5516. LIA. I, 602, N. 1.

— Vgl. ahikṣatra und ahikṣetra .

ahicchatra

2) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 100,a,1 v. u. (wo ahicchattre zu lesen ist). b, N.

— 3)

b) KATHĀS. 72,23. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 13,b,8. Vgl. chattravatī .

ahicchatra pu0 aheḥ phaṇākāraḥ chatraśchādakaḥ . 1 meṣaśṛṅgī-
vṛkṣe, 2 nagarībhede strī . 3 deśabhede pu0 . sa ca deśaḥ
pārthena nirjjitya droṇāya dattaḥ . “ahicchatraṃ ca viṣayaṃ
droṇaḥ samabhipadyata . evaṃ rājannahicchatrā purījanapadāyutā
yudhi nirjjitya pārthena droṇāya pratipāditā” bhā0 ā0 pa0
139 a0 . tatra drupadarājyaṃ pūrvvamāsīt yathoktaṃ hari-
vaṃśe 20 a0 “ahichatraṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ pitryaṃ prāpa mahā-
dyutiḥ . drupadasya pitā rājan! mamaivānumate tadā . tato-
'bhūddrupadorājā droṇastena nirākṛtaḥ . tato'rjjunena tarasā
nirjjitya drupadaṃ raṇe . ahicchatraṃ sakāmpilyaṃ droṇāyā
thāpavarjjitam . pratigṛhya tatodroṇaḥ ubhayaṃ jayatāṃbaraḥ .
kāmpillaṃ drupadāyaiva prāyacchadviditaṃ tava” hari0 20 a0
tatsīmābandhaśca bhā0 ā0 pa0 137 a0 uktaḥ .
“kāmandīmatha gaṅgāyāstīre janapadāyutām . so'dhyavāt-
sīddīnamanāḥ kāmpillañca purottamam” . dakṣiṇāṃścāpi
pañcālān yāvaccarmmaṇvatīṃ nadīm . droṇena caivaṃ drupadaṃ
paribhūyātha pālitā” . ahicchatrasyaṃ nāmāntaraṃ pratyagrayaḥ
hema0 . ahicchatre bhavaḥ aṇ āhicchatraḥ . striyāṃ
ṅīp gurūpottamatve'pi gotrārkhabhinnatvāt na ṣyaṅ āhi-
cchatrī” si0 kau0 .

Ahicchatra. § 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 19, 599 (among

the localities covered by the troops of the Kaurava army).

AHICCHATRA . This was the capital of the state Ahi-

cchatra which Droṇa got from Drupada, the King of

Pāñcāla.

AHICCHATRA (M). A state under the sovereignty of

King Pāñcāla. On the completion of his studies under

Droṇa Arjuna brought before his preceptor King Dru-

pada as a captive in discharge of the duty he owed to

him as his master. Drupada then gave the state of

Ahicchatra to Droṇa and got his release. (M.B., Ādi

Parva, Ślokas 73 to 76, Chapter 137).

Ahicchatra m.: Name of a country.

A. Location: In the northern Pāñcāla,

to the north of Bhāgīrathī (bhāgīrathyāham

uttare (rājā)) 1. 128. 12; the town Ahic-

chatrā was in this country (evaṃ rājannahic-

chatrā purī) 1. 128. 18. B. Epic events:

Droṇa, after dividing the Pāñcāla country

into southern and northern Pāñcālas and

after handing over the former to Dru-

pada and retaining the latter for himself,

repaired to the territory Ahicchatra (ahic-

chatraṃ ca viṣayaṃ droṇaḥ samabhipadyata

1. 128. 17, 10-12, 15; (2) The army of

the Kauravas gathered for the war spread

far and wide beyond Hāstinapura to far

off lands which included Ahicchatra (na

hāstinapure rājann avakāśo 'bhavat tadā/

… ahicchatraṃ kālakūṭaṃ … / … eṣa deśaḥ

suvistīrṇaḥ … babhūva kauraveyāṇāṃ balena

susamākulaḥ) 5. 19. 28, 30-31.