andhra

andhra m. (-ndhraḥ) A hunter, one who lives by killing game; a man of low caste, the offspring of a Vaideha father and Kārāvara mother; not allowed to reside within a village or town.

2 A country, modern Telangana; also āndhra.

andhra (ndhraḥ) 1. m. A hunter.

andhra 1. m. pl. (-ndhrāḥ) ¹ The name of a people or country in

the Dekhan, probably the northern part of the modern Te-

lingana. Comp. āndhra. ² The name of a dynasty; see andhrabhṛtya.

2. m. (-ndhraḥ) A man of low caste: the offspring of a

Vaideha father and a Kārāvara mother; he lives by killing

game and is not allowed to reside within a village or town,

but must live under Chaitya-trees, in cemeteries, on moun-

tains or in forests; (according to Manu, who embodies in

this manner the Andhra-aborigines into the Brahmanical

system). Compare also āndhra. E. unknown.

andhra andhra, m. 1. The name of

a people. 2. A man of a low caste, son

of a Vaideha by a Kārāvara woman,

Man. 10, 36.

andhra andhra, as, m., N. of a people, pro-

bably modern Telingana; N. of a dynasty; a man of

a low caste, the offspring of a Vaideha father and

Kārāvara mother, who lives by killing game. —An-

dhra-jāti, is, f. the Andhra tribe. —Andhra-jātīya,

as, ā, am, belonging to this tribe. —Andhra-

bhṛtya, ās, m. pl. a dynasty of the Andhras.

andhra m. N. of a people and of a caste.

andhra andhra, m. N. of a people; a mixed caste.

andhra m. N. of a people (probably modern Telingana)

of a dynasty

a man of a low caste (the offspring of a Vaideha father and Kārāvara mother, who lives by killing game), Mn. x, 36.

andhra andhra m. chasseur.

andhra- m. pl. n. d'une basse caste; d'un peuple (en pays Telugu = Andhra); -ka- id.

andhra m. N. eines Volksstammes, der AIT. BR. 7, 18. neben den Puṇḍra, Śabara, Pulinda, Mūtiba genannt wird. VP. 190, N. 69. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 315. LIA. I, 178, N. 1. 820. Verz. d. B. H. 240, Z. 6. v. u. HIOUEN-THSANG 361. fg. N. einer Dynastie VP. 472. 473. fg. , N. 63. 476, N. 64. Nach M. 10, 36. Name einer Mischlingskaste: vaidehikādandhramedau bahirgrāmapratiśrayau (nach KULL. die Mutter: kārāvarastrī); ihre Beschäftigung die Jagd 48.

andhra N. pr. eines Volkes VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14, 8. 16, 11. 17, 25. °pati 11,59. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 323,b,34. °deśa 352,b,16. eine best. Mischlingskaste MBH. 13, 2587.

— Vgl. āndhra, mahāndhra .

andhra , °jātīya BHĀG. P. 12, 1, 20.

andhra m. N.pr.

— 1) eines Volkes MBH. 6,9,49.

— 2) einer Mischlingskaste. °jātīya VP. 4,24,12. BHĀG. P. 12,1,20.

andhra m. N. eines Volkes.

Andhra is the name of a people, and is mentioned with the

Puṇḍras, Śabaras, Pulindas, and Mūtibas, as being the outcasts

resulting from the refusal of the fifty eldest sons of Viśvāmitra

to accept his adoption of Śunaḥśepa.¹ It may fairly be deduced

from this statement that these people were recognized as non-

Aryan, as the Andhras certainly seem to have been.² [Footnote] 1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 18; Śāṅkh-

āyana Śrauta Sūtra, xv. 26, where

instead of udāntyaḥ (‘beyond the

borders’) the reading is udañcaḥ (‘nor-

thern’), but the former is obviously

correct. The Sāṅkhāyana omits the

Pulindas, and has Mūcīpas. [Footnote] 2) Vincent Smith, Zeitschrift der Deut-

schen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 56,

657 et seq., who places them originally

in Eastern India between the Kṛṣṇā

and Godāvarī rivers; cf. Rapson,

Catalogue of Indian Coins, xv., xvi.;

Bhandarkar, Bombay Gazetteer, 1. ii.

138.

Andhra (I) — born of Dīrghatamas and Bali's wife.

(Burnouf's reading — Oḍra).

Bhā., IX. 23. 5.

Andhra (II) — the son of Dṛṣadaśva (Vṛṣadaśva-Vā. P.).

Br. III. 63. 27; Vā. 88. 26.

Andhra (III) (c) — a Janapada under the Devarakṣitas.

Vā. 99. 385; Vi. IV. 24. 64.

Andhras — a people of the southern country ruled for

300 years;¹ a sinful tribe got purified by praying to Hari;²

defeated by Bharata.³ See Āṇdhras.⁴ [Footnote] 1) Bhā., XII. 1. 22; Vā. 45. 127; 47. 44; 78. 69; 99. 268, 361. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. II. 4. 18. [Footnote] 3) Ib. IX. 20. 30. [Footnote] 4) M. 50. 76.

ANDHRA (ĀNDHRA). This is the Andhra Pradesh in

modern India. It has to be surmised that this place was

very famous during the period of the composition of the

Mahābhārata. (M.B., Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse

49).

ANDHRA . Warriors from Andhra were called Andhras.

(M.B., Droṇa Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 8).

Andhra, Andhraka, Āndhra m. (pl.):

Name of a Janapada and its people.

A. Location: Listed by Saṃjaya among

the (northern) Janapadas of the Bhārata-

varṣa (ata ūrdhvaṃ janapadān nibodha

gadato mama 6. 10. 37, 5); (andhrāś ca …

antargiryās tathaiva ca) 6. 10. 48; accord-

ing to Bhīṣma the people lived in the south

(dakṣiṇāpathajanmānaḥ sarve talavarān-

dhrakāḥ) 12. 200. 39; Sahadeva also colle-

cted tribute from Andhras during his ex-

pedition to the south (see section C: Epic

events). B. Characteristics: (1) Ac-

cording to Bhīṣma, the Andhrakas did not

believe in Dhātṛ being the supervisor of

all beings (adhyakṣaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ

dhātāram akarot prabhuḥ/ … niradhyakṣāṃs

tu kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi tān api// … sarve

talavarāndhrakāḥ/) 12. 200. 33, 38-39;

according to Bhīṣma, Andhrakas, were sin-

ful and they led the life of dogs, crows,

ravens and vultures; they did not exist in

the Kṛta age, but were to be met with from

the Tretā age onwards (talavarāndhrakāḥ …

ete pāpakṛtas tāta caranti pṛthivīm imām

śvakākabalagṛdhrāṇāṃ sadharmāṇo narā-

dhipa//naite kṛtayuge tāta caranti pṛthivīm

imām/tretāprabhṛti vartante te janā … )

12. 200. 39, 41-42; they lived like Dasyus

and were attached to objects of senses

(viṣayavāsinaḥ/ … dasyujīvinaḥ) 12. 65. 15;

(2) Māndhātṛ asked Indra what was the

Dharma of Andhras (pallavāś cāndhra-

madrakāḥ/ … kathaṃ dharmaṃ careyus te)

12. 65. 13, 15; (the duties of Dasyus which

applied also to Andhras described by

Indra in 12. 65. 17-22); (3) Kṛṣṇa des-

cribed Andhraka warriors as furious, fond

of fighting, strong and of firm (?) hands

(andhrakāś ca … saṃrambhiṇo yuddha-

śauṇḍā balino dṛḍhapāṇayaḥ) 8. 51. 19.

C. Epic events: (1) Sahadeva in his ex-

pedition to the south before the Rājasūya

(prayayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam 2. 28. 1; dak-

ṣiṇābhimukho yayau 2. 28. 8; prāyād …

dakṣiṇāṃ diśam 2. 28. 37) subjugated

Andhras and others by merely sending

messengers to them and made them pay

tribute (andhrāṃs talavanāṃś caiva …

dūtair eva vaśe cakre karaṃ cainān adāpa-

yat) 2. 28. 48-49; Andhrakas are mentioned

among those who attended the Rājasūya

(vānavasyāndhrakās tathā) 2. 31. 11; Kṛṣṇa

had seen the kings and the people of An-

dhraka and other countries serving at the

Rājasūya (yatra sarvān mahīpālān … sacola-

draviḍāndhrakān) 3. 48. 18; (2) Kṛṣṇa

told Karṇa that if he were to side with the

Pāṇḍavas, Āndhras and others would move

in front of him (purogamāṃś ca te santu

… āndhrās tālacarāś caiva) 5. 138. 25;

(3) The army which gathered round Dur-

yodhana for the battle was guarded by

warriors of Andhra and other countries

(rājacamūṃ … guptāṃ … draviḍāndhra-

kāñcyaiḥ) 5. 158. 19-20; (4) On the six-

teenth day of the war, Pāṇḍya king killed

many horses and horse-riding Andharaka

and other warriors (aśvārohān hayān api

...niṣādāndhrakataṅgaṇān) 8. 15. 9; (5)

On the seventeenth day of the war, incited

by Sātyaki, Draviḍa, Andhra and Niṣāda

foot-soldiers pressed on Karṇa wanting

to kill him (draviḍāndhraniṣādās tu punaḥ

sātyakicoditāḥ/abhyardayañ jighāṃsantaḥ

pattayaḥ karṇam āhave) 8. 33. 4 (elsewhere,

however, Andhras are said to be fighting

for the Kauravas (see No. 3 above and

the next); (6) Mentioned by Kṛṣṇa among

those who had sided with the Kurus to

help Suyodhana; they could not be defeated

by any one except Arjuna (andhrakāś ca

pulindāś ca … ete suyodhanasyārthe saṃ-

rabdhāḥ kurubhiḥ saha/na śakyā yudhi

nirjetuṃ tvadanyena paraṃtapa//) 8. 51.

19-20; (7) When the horse of the Aśva-

medha went to Andhra and other countries,

Arjuna who accompanied him was honour-

ed by peoples of those countries (kāśīn

andhrān kosalāṃś ca … tatra pūjāṃ yathā-

nyāyaṃ pratigṛhya sa pāṇḍavaḥ) 14. 84.

4-5; but when he went again to the south

he fought with Andhra and other peoples

(tatrāpi draviḍair andhrai … yuddham āsīt

kirīṭinaḥ) 14. 84. 11.