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All names below are derived by the same rule in Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya

Duśśāsana = “difficult to rule over”

Duryodhana = “difficult to fight against”

Durdarśana = “difficult to behold”

Durdharshaṇa = “difficult to assault”

Durmarṣaṇa = “difficult to bear [in battle]”
Of these, four are names of sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

All have positive meanings, contrary to what @itsanandneel claims for Duśśāsana and Duryodhana

Durmarṣaṇa is not just the name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, it is also a name of Viṣṇu in Viṣṇu-sahasranāma of Mahābhārata
@itsanandneel In all names, there is ‘yuc’ suffix in sense of ‘karma’ by “bhāṣāyāṃ śāsiyudhidṛśidhṛṣimṛṣibhyo yujvācyaḥ” (V 3.3.130).

‘Vigraha’s are in attached image

‘duḥkhena’ in ‘vigraha’ is from “īṣadduḥsuṣu kṛcchrākṛcchrārtheṣu khal” (A 3.3.126, “kṛcchraṃ duḥkham”)
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