Yudhiṭṭhila3
PersonDer Name des Klans, dem König Dhanañjaya von Kurū angehörte und von dem die Kurū-Könige ihre Abstammung herleiteten.
The name of a clan (gotta) to which Dhanañjaya, king of the Kurū, belonged (J.iii.400; v. 59, etc.) Mention is made also of a Koravyarājā of the Yudhiṭṭhilagotta (J.iv.361).
Probably the kings of the Kurū (q.v.) belonged mostly to a dynasty that claimed its descent from Yudhiṭṭhila (Yudhisthira?).
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