ajamīḍha

ajamīḍha m. (-ḍhaḥ) A name of YUDHIṢṬHIRA; the friend of AJA, i. e.

E. aja VIṢṆU or KṚṢṆA, and īha to seek, to love, with the participial kta, the termination of the accusative is retained.

ajamī_ḍha (ḍhaḥ) 1. m. A name of
Yudhiṣhṭhira.

ajamīḍha Tatpur. m. (-ḍhaḥ) A proper name: ¹ A son of Su-

hotra and author of vaidik hymns. ² The 26th king of the

lunar dynasty, a grandson of Suhotra and son of Bṛhat,

or according to others, a grandson of Suhotra and son of

Hastin. ³ A surname of Yudhiṣṭhira, the friend of Aja.

Also ajamīḻha (ved.). E. aja and mīḍha.

ajamīḍha aja-mīḍha, as, m. See s. v. 1. aja.

ajamīḍha (ajamī°ḻha) m. N. of a man.

aja—mīḍha or aja—mīḻha, m. N. of a son of Suhotra (author of some Vedic hymns, RV. iv, 43 and 44)

of a grandson of Suhotra

of Yudhiṣṭhira.

ajamīḍha

m. (ḍhaḥ) A name of YUDHISHṬHIRA; the friend of AJA, i. e.

E.
aja VISHNU or KRISHNA, and īha to seek, to love, with the parti-
cipial kta, the termination of the accusative is retained.

ajamīḍha oder ved. ajamīḻha (1. aja + mīḍha von mih) m. N. pr. Sohn Suhotra's, Verfasser von ṚV. 4, 43. 44. aus Kaṇva's Geschlecht ĀŚV. ŚR. 12, 13. Verz. d. B. H. 56. Enkel Suhotra's und Sohn Hastin's HARIV. 1055. VP. 452. Enkel Suhotra's und Sohn Bṛhant's HARIV. 1754. seine Nachkommen 1777 fgg. ein Beiname Yudhiṣṭhira's TRIK. 2, 8, 14. H. 707. pl. N. eines janapadāvadhi P. 4, 2, 125, Sch.

ajamīḍha MBH. 1, 3789. fg.

(aja-mīḍha) , m., Eigenname eines Sängers [von 3. ajá und mīḍhá], davon ājamīḍhá.

ajamīḍha und °mīlha m. N.pr. eines Mannes. Angeblich auch ein Bein. Yudhiṣṭhira's. Pl. Name einer Völkerschaft.

ajamīḍha als Bein. Yudhiṣṭhira's, MBh. 1, 191, 20.

ajamīḍha pu0 ajomīḍhaḥ yajñe siktaḥ yatra ba0 . (ājamīra)
prasiddhe deśe . rājani aṇ . ājamīḍhaḥ taddeśādhipe
prasiddhatayā yudhiṣṭhire .

Ajamīḍha, an ancient king. § 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55,

†2101 (°sya yajñaḥ).—§ 152 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3720 (son

of Suhotra and Aikṣvākī), 3721.—§ 156 (do.): I, 95, 3789

(son of Vikuṇṭhana and Sudevā Dāśārhī), 3790.—§ 721

(Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 4, 201.—§ 730 (Meghavāhanop.):

XIII, 18, 1315.

Ajamīḍha⁴ = Dhṛtarāṣṭra: II, 2484(?); V, 1332, 2518;

VII, 5838, 5840; VIII, 4227.

Aja-mīḍha. — The Ājamīḍhas, or descendants of Ajamīḍha,

are referred to in a hymn of the Rigveda.¹ Ludwig² and

Oldenberg³ deduce from the use of this patronymic that

Ajamīḍha was the seer of that hymn. [Footnote] 1) iv. 44, 6. [Footnote] 2) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 123,

135. [Footnote] 3) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlān-

dischen Gesellschaft, 42, 215.

Ajamīḍha (I) — a son of Hastin. Had three queens of

Kuru line; Priyamedhā and other Brāhmans belonged to his

family. Father of Kaṇva and Bṛhadiṣu.¹ By Nalinī he had

a son Nīla.² Ṛkṣa was another son of his.³ Sons born

through the grace of Bharadvāja.⁴ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. IX. 21. 21-22; Vā. 99. 166; Vi. IV. 19. 29-30, 33;

M. 49. 43-5. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. IX. 21-30; Vā. 99. 194; Vi. IV. 19. 56. [Footnote] 3) Bhā. IX. 22. 3; M. 50. 19. Vi. IV. 19. 74. [Footnote] 4) Vā. 99. 169.

Ajamīḍha (II) — an Aṅgirasa and mantrakṛt. A Kṣa-

triya-dvija.

Br. II. 32. 109; III. 66. 87; M. 145. 103; Vā. 91. 116; 59. 100.

AJAMĪḌHA I . A famous king of the Pūru Vaṃśa.

1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu in this order:—

Brahmā-Atri-Candra-Budha-Purūravas-Āyus-

Nahuṣa-Yayāti-Pūru-Janamejaya-Prācinvā-Mana-

syu-Vītabhaya-Śunḍu-Bahuvidha-Saṃyāti-Raho-

vādi-Bhadrāśva-Matināra-Santurodha-Duṣyanta-

Bharata-Bṛhatkṣetra-Hasti-Ajamīḍha.

2) Birth. Several dynasties like Yadu Vaṃśa, Pūru

Vaṃśa etc. take their origin from Yayāti. Duṣyanta be-

longs to that dynasty. King Bharata was born as Duṣ-

yanta's son by Śakuntalā. Suhotra-Suhota-Gaya-

Gardda-Suketu and Bṛhatkṣetra were Bharata's sons.

Bṛhatkṣetra had four children, who were: Nara, Mahā-

vīra, Garga and Hasti. Of them Hasti had three sons:

Purumīḍha, Ajamīḍha and Dvimīḍha.

3) Other details. Ajamīḍha had three queens—Dhū-

minī, Nīlī and Keśinī. Of them, Dhūminī had a son,

Ṛkṣa and Nīlī's son was Duṣyanta (This was not Śakun-

talā's husband, Duṣyanta) and Keśinī's sons were Jahnu,

Praja and Rūpiṇa. Parameṣṭī was another name of

Keśinī. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verses 30-32;

Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 2).

AJAMĪḌHA II . We come across another Ajamīḍha also

in the Lunar Dynasty. He married Sudevā, daughter

of Vikaṇṭha a King of the Lunar Dynasty. This Aja-

mīḍha had 2400 children by his four wives, Kaikeyī,

Gāndhārī, Viśālā and Ṛkṣā. Of them Saṃvaraṇa

married Tapatī, the daughter of Vivasvān. See Tapatī

Saṃvaraṇa. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Verses

35-37).