धृतराष्ट्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰ (Assamese script)
ᬥᬺᬢᬭᬵᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
ধৃতরাষ্ট্র (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰴𑰝𑰨𑰯𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀾𑀢𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ဓၖတရာၑ္ဋြ (Burmese script)
ધૃતરાષ્ટ્ર (Gujarati script)
ਧ੍ਰਤਰਾਸ਼੍ਟ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍃𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦽꦠꦫꦴꦰ꧀ꦛꦿ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑃂𑂞𑂩𑂰𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ (Kannada script)
ធ្ឫតរាឞ្ដ្រ (Khmer script)
ຘ຺ຣິຕຣາຩ຺ຏ຺ຣ (Lao script)
ധൃതരാഷ്ട്ര (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡵᡳᢠᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᢞᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘵𑘝𑘨𑘰𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠷᠢᢐᠠᠷᠠᢗᢔᢌᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧖𑦽𑧈𑧑𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐺𑐟𑐬𑐵𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର (Odia script)
ꢤꢺꢡꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆸𑆠𑆫𑆳𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖴𑖝𑖨𑖯𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
ධෘතරාෂ‍්ට්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩙𑩫𑩼𑩛𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚙𑚤𑚭𑚶𑚔𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
த்⁴ரிதராஷ்ட்ர (Tamil script)
ధృతరాష్ట్ర (Telugu script)
ธฺฤตราษฺฏฺร (Thai script)
དྷྲྀ་ཏ་རཱ་ཥྚྲ (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒵𑒞𑒩𑒰𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨫𑨊𑨯𑩇𑨔𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From धृत (dhṛta, “held”) +‎ राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “nation”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱr̩.tɐ.ɾɑːʂ.ʈɾɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱr̩.t̪ɐˈɾɑːʂ.ʈɾɐ/

Proper noun

धृतराष्ट्र • (dhṛtarāṣṭra) stem, m

(Hinduism) King of Hastinapura in the Indian sacred text Bhagavad-gītā and in the in Mahabharata.

References

Monier Williams (1899) “धृतराष्ट्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519.

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