○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 DhṭDharma (below) MBh. (with Buddhists, N. of a king of the Gandharvas and one of the 4 Mahārājas [Lalit.] or Lokapālas {cf. Dharmas. vii} MWB. 206)
• of a son of the Daitya Bali Hariv.
• of a king of Kāśī ŚBr. (with the patr. vaicitraviirya Kāṭh.)
• of the eldest son of Vyāsa by the widow of Vicitra-viirya (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 Dhṛita-rāshṭra 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 Dhṛita-rāshṭra (enumerated MBh. i, 4540)
• (ī), f. N. of a daughter of Tāmrā (mother of geese and other water-birds) MBh. R. Pur.
• ○tra-ja m. son of Dhṛita-rāshṭra, N. of Dur-yodhana &c., Pracaṇḍ
• ○trânuja m. younger brother of Dhṛita-rāshṭra, N. of Pāṇḍu Gal.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William