Definitions for "Vidura"
Son of King Santanu and a Sudra woman. He was known for his judgement type of activity
great devotee, a member of the k u r u - d y n a s t y, who heard of the S' r î m a d B h â g a v a t a m from M a i t r e y a M u n i (see cantos 3 & 4). Son of V y â s a and the maidservant Sûdri, brother of D h r i t a r â s h t r a and P â n d u.
Vidura (Sanskrit: विदुर, vidūra) was a son of a maid-servant who served the Queens of Hastinapura, Queen Ambika and Ambalika. In some accounts, he was an incarnation of Yama or Dharma Raj, who was cursed by the sage, Mandavya, for imposing punishment on him that exceed the sin.