Dhritarajya, Dhṛtarājya: 1 definition
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Dhritarajya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Dhṛtarājya can be transliterated into English as Dhrtarajya or Dhritarajya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhṛtarājya (धृतराज्य).—apparently a kind of bird (haṃsa?) with a pleasant voice (compare Sanskrit dhārtarāṣṭra, [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] Dhṛtarāṣṭra 2, and [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. dhṛtarāṣṭra 3): Lalitavistara 43.21 (verse) parivāra- yātha dhṛtarājya- (Calcutta (see LV.) °rāṣṭra)-manojñaghoṣaṃ devyā- bhayārtha…(Tibetan understood a bird of the haṃsa type, ṅaṅ skya, rendered by Foucaux cygne). The syntax is not clear; the [compound] °ghoṣaṃ ought seemingly to be acc. sg. fem., agreeing with Māyā understood (°ṣaṃ, fem., MIndic for °ṣāṃ?). But Tibetan seems to make it agree with the retinue prescribed by the impv. parivārayātha.
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