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# The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.3646

The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s7.3646

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### [v1.c5.s7.3646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.3646)

\*Govinda\* (I)—the name given to Kṛṣṇa by Indra the lord of Gokula;¹ the Yādava king; went in search of \*maṇi\* by tracing the steps of Prasenajit when he was supposed to have killed him for the sake of the jewel, and came upon a place where Prasena and his horses were dead; proceeding he saw a dead lion and further a cave of a bear in the Vindhyas and heard the talk of a muse fondling the son of the bear; overhearing he heard. "dont cry, Syamantaka is yours". Then he entered the mouth of the cave and saw Jāmbavān, the king of bears; had hand-to-hand fight for 21 days, the followers of Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvāravatī and spread the news that Kṛṣṇa was dead; defeating the bear he got the hand of his daughter Jāmbavatī with the \*maṇi\* and returned home; gave it to Śakrajit in an assembly²

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