Adhiraja
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Adhiraja (अधिराज) was a Janapada of Mahabharata period ruled by Dantavakra.
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Sandhya Jain[1] lists them in Tribes with unclear position in Mahabharata War. Adhiraja (अधिराज) - A branch of the Matsyas; mentioned in the course of Sahdeva's conquest of the southern regions (II.28.2-4). Probably a dominion or tributary neighbour of Matsya kingdom.
अधिराज
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...अधिराज (AS, p.19): महाभारत सभा पर्व [31,3] के अनुसार सहदेव ने अपनी दिग्विजय-यात्रा के प्रसंग में इस देश के राजा दंतवक्र को पराजित किया था- 'अधिराजाधिपं चैव दंतवक्रं महाबलम्, जिगाय करदं जैव कृत्वा राज्ये न्यवेशयत्'। अधिराज का उल्लेख मत्स्य के पश्चात् होने से सूचित होता है कि यह देश मत्स्य (जयपुर का परवर्ती प्रदेश) के निकट ही रहा होगा। किंतु श्री नं. ला. डे का मत है कि यह रीवा का परवर्ती प्रदेश था।
In Mahabharata
Adhiraja (अधिराज) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.28.3)
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 28 mentions Sahadeva's march towards south: kings and tribes defeated. Adhiraja (अधिराज) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.28.3).[3]....And the hero (Sahadeva) then, defeating Dantavakra, the mighty king of the Adhirajas and making him pay tribute, re-established him on his throne. The prince then brought under his sway Sukumara and then king Sumitra, and he next vanquished the other Matsyas and then the Patacharas.
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- ↑ Sandhya Jain: Adi Deo Arya Devata - A Panoramic View of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2004 , p.128, s.n.3.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.19
- ↑ अधिराजाधिपं चैव दन्तवक्रं महाहवे, जिगाय करदं चैव सवराज्ये संन्यवेशयत (II.28.3)