DftarAzwra
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (in mg. 1 and 2 = Pali Dhataraṭṭha), ( 1 ) n. of one of the four ‘world-guardians’, see mahārāja(n) ; guardian of the east and lord of gandharvas; ( 2 ) (see s.v. dhṛtarājya ) n. of a haṃsa-king (previous birth of the Bodhisattva): Gv 399.26 ; Jm 127.24 ; also n. of the haṃsa-king in the story which = the Pali Nacca Jātaka (32), MSV ii.92.17 ff. ; ( 3 ) n. of a former Buddha, or (probably) of two such: Mv i.138.1 ; iii.235.1 ; ( 4 ) n. of one of Śuddhodanaʼs palaces: LV 49.1 ; Mv ii.5.5 ff.