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yudhiṣṭhira

yudhi—ṣṭhira m. (for -sthira) ‘firm or steady in battle’, N. of the eldest of the 5 reputed sons of Pāṇḍu (really the child of Pṛthā or Kuntī, Pāṇḍu's wife, by the god Dharma or Yama, whence he is often called Dharma-putra or Dharma-rāja; he ultimately succeeded Pāṇḍu as king, first reigning over Indra-prastha, and afterwards, when the Kuru princes were defeated, at Hastinā-pura; cf. [IW. 379] &c.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [Hariv.]

of two kings of Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]

of a potter, [Pañcat.]

(with mahopādhyāya) of a preceptor, [Cat.]

pl. the descendants of Yudhiṣṭhira (son of Pāṇḍu), [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 66], Sch.