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[विदधाति करोति भयम् Uṇ.4.121]

1. Name of a range of mountain which separates Hindustan proper from the Deccan or south; it is one of the seven Kulaparvatas (quod vide, which see) and forms the southern limit of Madhyadeśa; see Ms.2.21. [According to a legend, the Vindhya mountain, being jealous of the mount Meru (or Himālaya) demanded that the sun should revolve round himself as about Meru, which the sun declined to do; whereupon the Vindhya began to rise higher and higher so as to obstruct the path of the sun and moon. The gods being alarmed sought the aid of the sage Agastya, who approached the mountain and requested that by bending down he would give him an easy passage to the south, and that he would retain the same position till his return. This Vindhya consented to do (because according to one account, he regarded Agastya as his teacher); but Agastya never returned from the south, and Vindhya never attained the height of Meru.]
2. A hunter.

1. masculine gender (of doubtful derivation) Name of a low range of hills connecting the Northern extremities of the Western and Eastern Ghauts, and separating Hindu1sta1n Hindustan proper from the Dekhan (the Vindhya विन्ध्य range is reckoned among the seven principal ranges of Bha1rata-varsha भारत-वर्ष [see कुलगिरि, page and participle 294, column 3], and according to Manu ii, 21, forms the Southern limit of Madhya-des3a मध्य-देश or the middle region; according to a legend related in MBh. iii, 8782 etc., the personified Vindhya विन्ध्य, jealous of Hima7laya हिमा*लय, demanded that the sun should revolve round him in the same way as about Meru मेरु, which the sun declining to do, the Vindhya विन्ध्य then began to elevate himself that he might bar the progress of both sun and moon; the gods alarmed, asked the aid of the saint Agastya अगस्त्य, who approached the Vindhya विन्ध्य and requested that by bending down he would afford him an easy passage to the South country, begging at the same time that he would retain a low position till his return; this he promised to do, but Agastya अगस्त्य never returned, and the Vindhya विन्ध्य range consequently never attained the elevation of the Hima7laya हिमा*लय) Mn. MBh. etc.
2. masculine gender Name of a prince HParis3.
3. masculine gender a hunter Lexicographers

1. masculine gender Name of a king who ruled over a particular part of the Vindhya विन्ध्य mountains MBh.
2. masculine gender of a son of Yudhi-sht2hira युधि-ष्ठिर
3. masculine gender plural Name of his descendants MBh. Pur.