The Mahabharata Words Meaning

• अज = goat or ram, epithet of god, name of Dasharatha’s father
• अंग/ अंगदेशम् = Based on Mahabharata evidence, the kingdom of the Angas roughly corresponded to the region of Bhagalpur and Monghyr in Bihar and parts of Bengal; later extended to include most of Bengal. River Champa (modern Chandan) formed the boundaries between the Magadha in the west and Anga in the east. Anga was bounded by river Koshi on the north. According to the Mahabharata, Duryodhana had named Karna the King of Anga.
• आखु = rat
• आशी = eater
• आभीर = Abhira were Jats of republic named Abhira (आभीर) during Mahabharata times in the Punjab on the banks of River Saraswati (now in Haryana). They had fought against Pandavas and in support of Kauravas.
• उलूक = owl, firebrand
• उष्ट्र = camel
• ऋक्ष = bear
• ओष्ठ = lip
• कम्बु = conch, snail, elephant
• काक = crow
• कानन = forest
• किरीटी = wearing diadem, crown, crest, tiara
• कुक्कुट = cock, spark of fire, a male bird, cockscomb, rooster
• कुब्ज = hunch-backed
• कूर्म = tortoise, turtle, name of a sage, the second incarnation of Vishnu
• कृकलास = lizard
• कृश = lean
• कोकिल = cuckoo
• खड्ग = rhinoceros, sword
• खर = ass, mule, duck, crow, grass
• गजानन = elephant-like head (Ganesha)
• गात्र = body, limb
• गुल्म = kind of shrub
• ग्रीवा = neck
• चण्ड = angry, fierce
• चामर = yak-tail, tail of the wild goat,
• जठर = n. stomach, womb, body, tummy; adj. Old,difficult
• जिह्वा = tongue
• तारक = star, planet
• तित्तिरि = partridge, branch of the black Yajur-Veda
• दंष्ट्र = teeth
• नकुल = mongoose
• नक्र = crocodile, alligator, nose
• पारावत = pigeon, monkey, mountain
• फलक = sky
• बभ्रुक = monkey, mongoose, ape
• भीम = terrible, gigantic,
• मकर = alligator, array of army, eleventh month of Hindu year
• मत्स्य = fish, name of ancient country of Virata
• मयूर = peacock
• महिष = buffalo
• मुख = n. face, adj. Chief, first, principal
• मूर्धज = head
• मेष = ram
• रोम = the small hair on the body
• वक्त्र = face, mouth, a kind of metre
• वराह = boar, hog, Vishnu, one of the eighteen continents in puranas
• वृक (Vrika) = The original meaning of this word is 'wolf'. But in Mahabharata period, Vrika used to be a prominent northwest tribe which lived by the profession of arms. Virkasthala was one of the five villages demanded by Pandavas (V. 31.19) and lay on Krishna's route from Upaplavya to Hastinapura (V. 82.20). Virk or Wirk gotra of Jats is perhaps a derivative of वृक.
• वृष = bull
• व्याल = tiger, lion, king, the god Vishnu
• व्याघ्रप्रस्थ = The ancient name of Baghpat town, Uttar Pradesh. It simply means 'Land of tigers' (Vyaghra or tiger) which was a reality during Mahabharata period.
• सकल = Sakala was the capital of the Madra tribe, identified with modern Sialkot. But Sakaladvipa (सकलद्वीप) is mentioned in Aruna's conquest of the north, the vicinity of the Himalayas and could indicate a group of tiny free hill states around Shimla.
• शश = hare, rabbit
• शार्दूल = tiger
• शिशुमार = porpoise, the planetary system, Krishna
• शूल = porcupine, an ancient weapon like a spear, pike,
• श्येन = hawk
• सदूल = large
• सिंह: = lion
• श्रृगाल = jackal
• हरस्व = short
• शैरीषकं/ शिरीषक = Sirsa town (Haryana)
• महेत्थं = Maham town (Haryana)
• रोहितकं/ रोहीतकं = Rohtak city (Haryana)
• गवाढ्यम् = An area with plentiful of cows

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