धृतराष्ट्र [ dhṛtarāṣṭra ] [ dhṛtá-rāṣṭra ] m. whose empire is firm , a powerful king Lit. L.

   N. of a Nāga also called Airāvata Lit. AV. Lit. Br. Lit. MBh.

   of a Deva-gandharva sometimes identified with King Dharma (below) Lit. MBh. ( with Buddhists , N. of a king of the Gandharvas and one of the 4 Mahārājas ( Lit. Lalit. ) or Lokapālas ( Lit. Dharmas. vii ) Lit. MWB. 206)

   of a son of the Daitya Bali Lit. Hariv.

   of a king of Kāśī Lit. ŚBr. ( with the patr. [ vaicitravīrya ] Lit. 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 Dhṛita-rāshṭra and Haṃsa , 2 chiefs of the Gandharvas) Lit. MBh.

   of a son of Janam-ejaya Lit. ib.

   of a king of the geese ( cf. Haṃsa , above ) Lit. Jātakam.

   partic. bird Lit. L.

   pl. the 100 sons of King Dhṛita-rāshṭra (enumerated Lit. MBh. i , 4540)

   [ dhṛtarāṣṭrī ] f. N. of a daughter of Tāmrā (mother of geese and other water-birds) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Pur.