dhṛta—rāṣṭra m. whose empire is firm, a powerful king, [L.]
N. of a Nāga also called Airāvata, [AV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.
of a Deva-gandharva sometimes identified with King Dh° (below), [MBh.] (with Buddhists, N. of a king of the Gandharvas and one of the 4 Mahārājas [[Lalit.]] or Lokapālas [[Dharmas. vii]] [MWB. 206])
of a son of the Daitya Bali, [Hariv.]
of a king of Kāśī, [ŚBr.] (with the patr. vaicitravīrya, [Kāṭh.])
of the eldest son of Vyāsa by the widow of Vicitra-vīrya (brother of Pāṇḍu and Vidura and born blind, husband of Gāndhāri and father of 100 sons of whom the eldest was Dur-yodhana; sometimes identified with Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Haṃsa, 2 chiefs of the Gandharvas), [MBh.]
of a son of Janam-ejaya, [ib.]
of a king of the geese (cf. Haṃsa, above), [Jātakam.]
partic. bird, [L.]
pl. the 100 sons of King Dh° (enumerated, [MBh. i, 4540])